FROM DEF ON THE FIELD
Social Service Through Access to Valuable Information
India-level Civil Society Consultation to contribute to the campaign of United Nation’s ‘Global Digital Compact’ with the presence of UN Secretary General’s Office of Envoy on Technology, Dr. Amandeep Singh Gill- there will be about 100 civil society organizations and as many community practices from all over India. On 27 October 2022, the President of the UN General Assembly appointed Rwanda and Sweden as Co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental process on the Global Digital Compact.
Digital Literacy Spreading Its Wings In Kashmir
While access to computers is a necessity in various fields, there are many people who have zero exposure to the digital world. As an organization that is trying to bridge the information gaps in society, it becomes all the more important and challenging to introduce digital literacy in remote parts of the country. Under the C-DERP program, Digital Empowerment Foundation has been working towards training the teachers from the villages to work with computers.
FROM DEF THINK TANK
Digital Solutions for Community
We at the Digital Empowerment Foundation have been striving to eradicate information poverty in India for the last 20 years.
Mobiles for Sustainable Social Change
We at the Digital Empowerment Foundation have been striving towards eradicating information poverty in India for the last 20 years.
Power of People and Participation
We at the Digital Empowerment Foundation have been striving towards eradicating information poverty in India for the last 20 years.
VISUAL STORY TELLING FROM THE COMMUNITIES
India’s platform workers running the ride-hailing and food-delivery apps in all of its big cities are facing a multitude of problems. For one, the fuel prices have been rising- they have almost doubled in the past five years…
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme is one of the promising schemes that facilitate assured income to the rural poor. However, the digitalization of the process has been causing numerous…
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WHAT ARE WE DISCUSSING
Apatani Tribes Ziro Valley Community Network, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Life in the scenic village named Ziro has been going on, almost completely forgetting that the Internet exists.
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In 2005, at the culmination of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), civil society organisations clearly stated that societies will not be able to advance…
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KNOW ABOUT OUR PROJECTS
Going Online as Leaders
With an aim to bridge the digital gender divide and inculcate entrepreneurial skills in young women, Digital Empowerment Foundation is empowering young girls from rural and tribal communities by connecting them…
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Talking Data to the Fourth Pillar
The programme is conceptualized with the aim of developing an understanding of the concepts of privacy, data protection and online safety, to facilitate and enable the participants to make informed choices while pursuing journalism.
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