Description

Laws, Justice and Rights for Women in the Modern Era
Editor: Prof. Dr. Yogesh Kumar Gupta, Ishan Ahmad and Premananda Murmu
Published by Universal Academic Books Publishers and Distributors,
New Delhi (India)
ISBN: 978-81-686113-5-1, 2026

Chapter 38

Women – Technology and Digital Rights

Samruddhi Chetan Mhadgut
Assistant Professor, Victor Dantas Charitable and Education Foundations, Victor Dantas Law College, Kudal, Maharashtra

Abstract

Digital age looked like borderless democratic place where there is no patriarchy and rights of minorities exist. Technology fostered women’s right at global level. Local problems of women were turned into global solidarity movements. Digital tools were against patriarchy. It gave women economic autonomy, access to global market economies, financial literacy and financial independence due to safety of a screen. But as time advanced matured digital ecosystem proved prejudicial. There is a paradox. On the one hand it liberates women. Whereas on the other it leads to surveillance, exploitation and silencing. In 21st century we see digital gender divide. Gap in access, literacy, technical authority so lots of women are not acquainted with digital economy. Algorithmic, data bias leads to discrimination against women in employment, credit scoring, health care and justice system. There is also technology facilitated gender based violence which keeps women out of public discourse. We can keep women’s right safe by eliminating inequalities in digital era, reducing access gap, automated platform dealing with public and private right must be reformed.

Keywords

Women’s right, Digital era, Technology, Benefits, Disadvantages, Solutions

1. INTRODUCTION

The digital frontier represents one of the most transformative shifts in human history, fundamentally reshaping the structures of global society, governance, and economics. Yet, as the physical and virtual worlds merge, they bring along deep-seated systemic inequities. Women’s rights in the digital age sit at a critical crossroads: technology offers unprecedented tools for liberation, voice, and financial autonomy, but it also creates new spaces for marginalisation, surveillance, and violence. The promise of the internet was built on democratic ideals—the concept of an egalitarian space where traditional hierarchies could be bypassed. For women globally, this transformation has unlocked unprecedented opportunities: