The purpose of this report is to explore the digital gender gap in terms of accessing and competency of using ICTs and how this gap can be bridged by using appropriat

The paper examines women’s economic empowerment in Asia, with a particular focus on South Asia.

While it is laudable that the Indian government has made the effort to initiate a holistic reproductive health programme, its failure to address issues of sexuality that arise in this context is puzzling.

In recent years there has been a growing concern in many countries, including India, that public health and family planning programs have placed insufficient emphasis on the quality of their services (Ickis 1992; Khan et al. 1994; Mensch 1993; Miller et al. 1991).