Download or read book Gender and Innovation in South Asia written by Sujatha Byravan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand how gender, women's rights and citizenship intersect with innovation in South Asia, one must begin by considering some of the main features of life for South Asian women, about a half of whom are illiterate. This report looks at 'innovation' in the specific context of knowledge - generation of, access to and utilisation of it - and the progressive economic and social changes that go with it. The reason why women are perceived to be absent as innovators and entrepreneurs has mainly to do with the way innovation is evaluated; who is asking the question and of whom; whether women's innovations are acknowledged; the innumerable number of barriers they face to their participation; which sectors women have had access to and which are closed. The report recommends how women's roles as innovators can be improved in the specific context of the development challenges of South Asia.