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…