accordingly the four pillars of gender equality in egovernment emerged from the research which include women s access to ict capacity development for women online public service outreach for women and women s participation in online public process it should be the specific situation of a country s advancement and capacity in those four pillars that jointly influence the scope and priority of objectives for gender equality in egovernment it should be noted that the two concepts gender equality and empowerment of women are different in their meanings gender equality emphasizes remedying the existing inequality between men and women which reproduces further inequalities with negative consequences for women s wellbeing while empowerment of women does not have a connotation of gender disparities and focuses on the changes needed for women to realize her full human rights unfpa