Digital inequalities, Gender gap and Marginals: A Critical study

Abstract

In today’s environment, women are not only misrepresented in top leadership positions Organizations but the rate of progress for women's career advancement has been slow (Duke, 2017). The internet has enormous potential to increase social justice, empower and improve the daily lives of the marginal communities of society. This paper presents the study of Gujjar women in Delhi and Haryana. Generally, the community is known for their wealthy families, social dominance and power. Contrary to this, the women's representation is quite not satisfactory. There are many obstacles, such as unequal access to education, lack of technical skills, lack of financial resources, their families making a decision on their behalf, lack of family understanding and sometime traditional moral values. The goal is to overcome simple digital divisions to understand how women members of Gujjar communities are considered as marginalized and represented as traditional and stereotype. This is often framed as a ‘digital inequalities’ and needs to be addressed through initiatives that increase the availability of information and communication technologies. The aim of this study is to analyze and understand digital inequalities categories to recognize how Gujjar Women members of society incorporate computers and the internet into their daily lives in ways that are meaningful to them. The results of the study also contribute to a better understanding of the barriers that perpetuate gender inequality, particularly in managerial and executive positions. The methodology of this study would be mainly based on primary data. Besides, some secondary data will also be taken into consideration.