INDIA-ECONOMY-RURAL-WOMEN-TECHNOLOGY

Indian villagers, part of a Self Help Group (SHG) organisation, pose with laptops in Bibinagar village outskirts of Hyderabad on March 7, 2013, on the eve of International Women's day. Members of SHG's make small regular savings contributions over a few months until there is enough capital in the group to begin lending, and they use their mobiles and laptops to record financial transactions. SHG's are seen as instruments for a variety of goals including empowering women, developing leadership abilities among poor people, increasing school enrolments, and improving nutrition and the use of birth control. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)