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Digital Access Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment Collectives: A Theory of Change Based on Social Capital

Published:2023-10-31 Issue:4 Volume:5 Page:394-412
ISSN:2516-6026
Container-title:The International Journal of Community and Social Development
language:en
Short-container-title:The International Journal of Community and Social Development

Author:

Rice Eric¹,Barman-Adhikari Anamika²^ORCID,Chamberlain Sara³,Hariharan Divya³,Khanna Arjun³,LeFevre Amnesty⁴,Scott Kerry⁴

Affiliation:

1. Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

2. Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

3. BBC Media Action, New Delhi, Delhi, India

4. Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Abstract

The social and economic empowerment of women using digital technology is critical to global development. This article presents an expanded theory of change to explain how digital technology could augment pathways to women’s empowerment in self-help groups (SHGs), developed through an application of social capital theories to two existing theories of change. Drawing on the analysis of secondary data, it discusses SHGs in India, the determinants of mobile phone use among women in India, particularly patriarchal gender norms, and select theories of change for women’s empowerment in SHGs. The proposed enhanced theory of change has the potential to assist implementers, policymakers, researchers and SHGs themselves to more effectively leverage the empowering potential of digital technology to improve the economic and social opportunities for women in the context of global development strategies.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Development

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/25166026231203933

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