Enrollment of women in engineering has been less than 1% of total till 1960s; it rose to 8.3% by the mid 1990s and in 2000 it has come to 16.2% (Kumar, 2007).
Of the 25-30% women employed by IT sector, less than a tenth are in middle management, while a tiny 5% occupy senior-level positions. (IMRB Intl)

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Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet

Author: comScore, Inc. on 2010-07-28T00:00:00
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel. Among its results, the report found that social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting a social networking site in May 2010 versus 69.7 percent of men.

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Bridging the gender divide: How technology can advance women economically

Published 2010 by ICRW (International Center for Research on Women) A great document compiling evidence of how technology can empower especially poor women in developing countries by providing them with alternative livelihood options or by making the work that they are already doing more efficient.

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Technology and Women in India

With special Reference to the Rural Sector. Published 2006 by XIV International Economic History Congress. A paper on how women, especially poor rural women, are left out of the fast economic growth and technological development in India.

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Women of the World: Women and the Economy in India

Published 1999 by the International Programs Center. A document that compiles information and statistics on the division of labour in different work fields, and on the problems (such as wage discrimination and women's work in the informal sector) women in the workforce are facing.

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The State of Women and Technology Fields around the World

Published by the Anita Borg Institute. A collection of short statistics on women's participation in different technical fields in different parts of the world. India is included as a separate region.

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Some thoughts on gender and telecommunications

Published 2003 by Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). A paper discussing women's participation in different parts of the ICT field around the world.

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Women in science: Under-represented and under-measured

Published 2006 by the Institute for Statistics. A document on women's representation as both employees and students in different scientific fields.

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