Digital Literacy and Empowerment among Young Muslim Women in Coimbatore

Abstract

Digital world is the updated version of the current world. The latest version of the “Survival of the fittest” is happening real-time in the digital world. This also comes with some positive and negative effects. One positive thing is to attain knowledge through Digital literacy. Digital literacy is the ability to consume the positive usages of the digital technologies such as internet, smartphones, communication tools, etc., This paper focuses on the digital literacy and the empowerment that follows among young Muslim women in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The empowerment through Digital means is a gradual yet a powerful one especially for the women folks because it reflects on their livelihood, self-sustenance, education and resilience. This paper uses mixed- methods and derive possibilities through questionnaire and interview methods among young Muslim women from varied socio-economic backgrounds. This also ends with recommendations for future prospects.