FROM DEF ON THE FIELD
Beyond the Basics: Digital Literacy Experiences
A group of rural women demonstrates that learning opportunities exist for every age group in a distant rural area. These women, known as Champion Sakhis, use their curiosity together with smartphones and their passion for learning to enter the digital world with both pride and confidence. Initially, it was a wonder what attributes made these women turn into champions. These women are determined and full of enthusiasm. All women across every age group trust in continual learning and display adaptive behaviours while supporting others… Read More
Unlocking Digital Potential in Digital Literacy
Dheeraj, a student from the Ramnagar Centre, is currently in 11th standard but he embarked on his digital literacy journey when he was in 9th standard. Before joining the digital literacy classes, he had only a basic understanding of computers. However, under the guidance of Mrs Shivani Thakur, he gained in-depth knowledge about computer applications, input and output devices, and cybersecurity through interactive and practical sessions… Read More
FROM DEF THINK TANK
At the Digital Margins – The Connectivity Status of Totopara, North Bengal
The baseline study by DEF examines the digital divide, socioeconomic challenges, and cultural preservation needs of the Toto tribal community in remote West Bengal.
Policy Brief: ICT for Empowering Accessibility/Inclusion: The Impact of Digital Integration on the Lives of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
This policy brief examines how digital integration impacts PwDs, highlighting ICTs’ role in their personal and socio-economic growth, societal attitude shifts, and digital empowerment, addressing access challenges.
Digital Just Transition: Digital Pathways for Community-centered Just Transition
This discussion paper, Digital Just Transition: Digital Pathways for Community-centered Just Transition, was developed as part of an ongoing effort to explore the role of digital accessibility in economic diversification in Ramgarh and Bokaro.
VISUAL STORY TELLING FROM THE COMMUNITIES
SoochnaPreneur – Community Information Resource Centre (SP-CIRCs), Salem, Tamil Nadu
SoochnaPreneur – Community Information Resource Centres (SP-CIRCs) empower rural communities in Salem (Tamil Nadu), Bokaro (Jharkhand), and West Champaran (Bihar) by promoting digital inclusion. The program has trained 2,400 rural women in Digital and Financial Literacy and enabled them to provide over 12,000 essential digital services through locally-run CIRCs, fostering access to information, services, and sustainable livelihoods at the grassroots.
Bridging the Digital Divide: How Wireless Internet Transformed a community
Layak Ram, a network engineer at Digital Empowerment Foundation, shares how wireless internet has transformed his rural community. With reliable Wi-Fi at a local centre, students access online learning, and healthcare workers retrieve vital patient data. This initiative has improved digital access, empowered residents, and created new opportunities.
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WHAT ARE WE DISCUSSING
Disability & Data Protection for Digital Inclusion
The IGF 2024 inter sessional work and the 19th annual IGF meeting was planned within the overarching theme “Building our Multi Stakeholder Digital Future”.
Celebrating Ethical AI Innovations
The Just AI Awards 2024, launched by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in partnership with the Government of Telangana’s Emerging Technologies Wing, T-Hub, MXR World, World Summit Awards, Commons Collective, and MediaNama, aimed to recognise AI innovations that uphold ethical principles and promote social good.
KNOW ABOUT OUR PROJECTS
MILaap: Media Information Literacy Awareness and Action Program
MILaap is Digital Empowerment Foundation’s flagship initiative aimed at tackling the growing challenges of misinformation and digital exclusion, particularly at the grassroots level in India.
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Disability Scheme Serve & Earn 250/33
In partnership with the Government of Telangana and the EquallyAble Foundation, the “Serve & Earn 250/33” Disability Scheme is launched at the village level to digitally empower 100,000 unconnected villagers…
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