Digital Gender Gap - Technology that works for rural women entrepreneurs
Channel: Sankalp Forum
Date: 03/11/2020

Technology is being leveraged to enable rural women micro entrepreneurs and farmers to grow their businesses through increased efficiencies in peer networking, conducting market research, reaching a wider client base, procuring supplies, managing accounts, making/ receiving payments and the logistics around moving goods. This can lead to improved livelihoods for the women and ultimately improved outcomes for the entire family.  

This session will examine digital technologies as an enabler to bridge the digital gender divide- on its potential impacts on the lives of rural women micro entrepreneurs and farmers when leveraged as a tool to grow their businesses, engage more deeply with financial services, and improve livelihoods. We will hear the voices from the ground on how rural women’s lives have transformed as a result of leveraging a wide array of digital tools. It will delve into the role technology can play to enable better design and delivery of digital products that serve rural women entrepreneurs and their needs.  

This session is supported by the Mann Deshi Foundation.