By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 Digital is a 21st-century tool of communication, media, business, governance, activism, and social norms. Digital is not merely technology—it is life, a medium, innovation, and marketing. Yet, critical questions arise: who controls and benefits from this digital existence? Whose narratives remain unheard? However, the larger society…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 In the quest to create a better future for women entrepreneurs, Udyamini was launched a year ago with five pilot SoochnaPreneur Business Mitra (SBM) centres in Assam and West Bengal. The program is now operational across 100 SBM centres and aims to strengthen further the understanding…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 Kesaram a farmer from the scorched wasteland of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, had been cultivating the soil as far back as he could remember. Farming in the desert, where blistering sunshine and unusual rainfall made every working day nothing but a battle for Kesaram, but he never gave…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 Ayesha Sultana exemplifies the power of resilience and determination in challenging societal perceptions of disabilities. She demonstrates that it is not the physical limitations but the judgments of society that present the actual obstacles. Coming from Singhee Gram Panchayat in Birbhum, West Bengal, Ayesha’s journey is…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 Simran’s story is an inspiring narrative of opportunity for educational advancement and the use of technology in the least developed regions. Ironically, as a 14-year-old student studying at the Subhanpora Anantnag Digital Literacy Centre, she has gone far in her digital literacy program. In her village…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 Lakshmi Devi was just another woman living in the calm, rural village of Buti in Senha Block, Lohardaga district, Jharkhand. She lived a basic and honest life, doing her best to support her family. But it all changed when a stranger visited her community and offered…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 The Smartpur Hub Centres, act as strong enablers for the process of empowering the community and making it digitally literate. Serving a wide reach across ten strategically located hubs in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh these centres act as a model of self-sustainability and community-focused development. These centres…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 The tea plantation industry of North Bengal has a long history of discriminating against and exploiting women’s labour force participation. Adivasi and Nepali women have also been employed as a majority of the workforce from the beginning of this industry in this region in the middle…
By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: November 11, 2024 This narrative is transforming from that of rural India where 2/3rd of the Indian population lives today; the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) has undertaken the colossal task of tackling the digital divide. Most of the Indian population from the Dalit Bahujan and OBC groups living in…