FROM DEF ON THE FIELD
Digital Solutions for Rehabilitation of Homeless Populations
Homelessness is a worldwide problem and government agencies and civil society organisations have come up with various initiatives to suppress the problem. However, none of the initiatives have been completely successful. Many cities across the world are plagued with homelessness, hunger, joblessness and drug addiction. In India there are 1.77 million recorded homeless people according to the 2011 census and real numbers are expected to be much higher.
Strengthening Tea Garden Workers by Creating Awareness, Inclusion and Access to Social Protection Programs in West Bengal
Tea gardens of West Bengal spread mostly over the northern part of the state near sub-Himalayan hills and adjacent terrain. The population in these regions majorly belongs to scheduled caste and scheduled tribes, thus limiting their access to various necessities in life. A project, conceptualised by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with other organisations, helps to create a digital ecosystem in tea gardens to facilitate providing services that enable access to basic needs.
FROM DEF THINK TANK
COVID-19 Following the Migrants Home- Plights, Struggles, and Aspirations
Following the Migrants Home is an ethnographic book on the migrant crisis that was triggered…
Prelude to the Digital Future
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in partnership with Facebook (Meta) hosted a series of discussions to explore the trajectories…
Advancing Data Justice
Almost into the second quarter of the twenty first century, the widespread level of datafication in our society is very visible.
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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