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Table 1 Search Term Strategy

From: Technology as the key to women’s empowerment: a scoping review

Women Search Terms   ICT Search Terms   Empowerment Search Terms
*searched with OR “AND” *searched with OR “ AND” *searched with OR
Wom?n   Technolog*   Empower*
Female*   Information technolog*   Disempower*
Girl*   "information communications technolog*"   Barrier*
Maternal   "ICTs"   Enable*
   "social media"   Self concept
   mobile   Self efficacy
   handheld   Capacit*
   telehealth   Emancipat*
   computer   
   Smartphone   
   Digital   
   Internet   
   Telecommunication*   
   "world wide web"   
   Laptop   
   ICT4D   
   “web-based”   
   Iphone   
   Ipad   
  1. *At end of word = truncation, any number of letters (e.g. capacit* will find capacity or capacities); ? at end of beginning of word is used to represent one or more other characters in a search term (e.g. wom?n will find women or woman)
  2. Limits included: 2012–2017, English language, no books/book reviews