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"This report, based on research conducted with women's empowerment collectives (self help groups, co-operatives, rights-based groups, trade unions) in India in late 2019, explores the relationship between the expansion of women's social networks in collectives, their growing empowerment, and their a... more

"This report summarises learnings from BBC Media Action’s landscaping study of the gendered dimensions of social media access and use in India. It addresses 10 questions that have implications for designing digital solutions for women’s empowerment in India." (p.2)

Connecting empowerment: how social network expansion in women’s collectives helps bridge the gender digital divide

Why aren’t women part of the conversation? A study of the gender gap in social media use in India, its causes and the implications for women’s empowerment