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The Importance of Information Technology in a Woman's Life

The Importance of Information Technology in a Woman's Life

By Nish@nt Raikw@rPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Melinda Gates once quoted:

"When we invest in women and girls,

We are investing in people who

Invest in everyone else."

Information Technology has become a part and parcel of our lives. There are new apps and inventions coming out everyday. Using them to our benefit helps us improve our quality of life.

Although we talk about equality between men and women in general but the fair sex has to face a lot more responsibilities and hurdles if we look from social and physical angle.

Technology can play a major role in a woman's life. It can help her improve her physical health and help her balance her home and office equation. A fit woman will not only make a healthy and happy home but contribute in making a happy nation.

There are many tech gadgets and applications available that can help improve a woman's life.

Listed below are some fields and the associated technology that can play a major role in a woman's life.

Menstruation Tracker:

These apps cover women in their teens to the women about to enter menopause. Responsible parents can introduce these apps to help their young daughter to stay informed about her bodily changes and how to keep track of her periods. Women in their twenties and above can track their periods using apps like Clue, Flo and Eve etc and get to know the pattern it follows. Checking the stats like cycle length, flow, weight and body temperature etc has helped many women understand their body better and they can consult a doctor if they feel a change in pattern. Many apps give the warning signs of deviating statistics which has led many women to consult a doctor, who looking at the numbers detected PCOS or cancerous growth in early stages, thereby saving a woman's life many times.

Fertility Tracker:

Planning a family is not a smooth ride for everyone. Technology plays a major role in the lives of couples who are trying to conceive. There are many gadgets and associated apps that can measure your BBT(Basal Body Temperature), surge in Luteinizing Hormone(LH), cervical changes etc. These parameters can help that app's algorithms to give an overall picture of a woman's reproductive health and predict her fertile window period. Some examples of such gadgets and apps are Inito, Ava bracelet, Flo, Daysy etc

Pregnancy Tracker:

The journey to parenthood starts the moment you conceive. Tracking your baby's growth progress through a device or an app helps you stay informed and prepared for the changes your body is going through along with your baby's developmental changes.

Devices like KickTrack can count and time the baby's movements and maintain a log. It can be used to time the contractions also, once the labour starts.

Smart technology of Relief Band helps with morning sickness by releasing gentle pulses that help relieve nausea.

Apps like What to Expect, WEBMD Pregnancy, Baby Bump etc help you track your baby's growth over time along with other features that help you log your symptoms, contractions and baby kicks etc.

Beauty and Skin Health Apps:

Juggling home and office often leads to women ignoring their skin health.

Apps like RYNKL and My Own App claim to use machine learning algorithms to analyze and interpret changes in your face by looking at your picture. So you can decide whether the treatment you are taking or the cream you are using is actually working or not.

Many apps like MyUVAlert gives you real time information about UVA and UVB rays in your area to help reduce your exposure to harmful rays by planning your day out accordingly.

Also available are the choices of online dermatology apps like SkinVision, First Derm etc that help patients to upload their picture and symptoms and give a diagnosis through their machine learning algorithms or an online dermatologist.

Nutrition Apps:

There are many apps that outline your nutrition requirements according to your needs. Whether you are pregnant, obese, anaemic, athlete etc you can customize your app according to what you want and set your goals and targets. These apps apart from tracking your nutritional requirements also provide yummy recipes to stay fit and goal oriented.

Yummly, My Fitness Pal, You Ate, WeightWatchers etc are some examples of such apps.

Fitness Apps:

Whether you are an elderly, middle aged or a young woman, fitness is everyone's ultimate goal for a fulfilling life. Apps like My Fitness Pal, or the devices like Fitbit or Garmin can log your daily activities and sleep and analyze your workout or medical data.

Safety Apps:

Many apps are designed by considering women safety in mind. In case of emergency the app can send an SOS alert to the priority contacts along with your physical location. Examples of such apps are Eyewatch SOS, SpotnSave Feel secure, iGoSafely etc.

Most women have a phone or tablet now-a-days.The above resources give an overall picture of how InformationTechnology can help improve a woman's life and make it better and safer. So investing and using one or more of these, will for sure help in giving her some peace of mind and assurance that she is following a better road.

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