AI for All and Everywhere

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 Artificial Intelligence has already entered various fields and is just going to be used more extensively in the coming days. Waiting for the rural population to reach the intended literacy rate and then introducing technologies like AI would just widen the gaps in the digital world.…

SoochnaPreneur: An Inspiration to the Young

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 The role of SoochnaPreneur can take multiple forms and the way these changemakers are chosen by DEF ensures that the community grows on multiple fronts driven by determination. Archana’s journey is one such example. For a compassionate and passionate individual, every opportunity, small or big, is…

Hopeful Future Driven by the Wheel of Learning

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 With knowledge comes confidence and motivation, which further keeps the momentum of learning going strong. When platforms for such interests are provided free of cost, learning just doesn’t end in knowing and often finds ways to get translated into useful outcomes. With the digital space growing…

Finding Access to Computers in Kashmir

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 CDERP has been successfully implemented in many locations and DEF found it imperative to introduce it in places where normally, attention to such needs are not paid enough. Lately CDERP has been able to reach many and found a warm acceptance among people residing in Kashmir.…

Uplifting Livelihood Digitally

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 Digital Sarthak is a program that is designed to train women entrepreneurs across India to use digital tools like smartphones to improve their livelihood by teaching effective digital ways of integrating their business to have a better reach and management. Vidhya Yadav, who resides in Alwar,…

Access to Transform

By Digital Empowerment foundation Published on: May 15, 2023 There is no doubt that for any change to take place, determination, conviction, passion and perseverance are very much necessary. But for someone with all these qualities, if there are no opportunities to serve and implement these changes, there would be no effective outcomes. Programs designed…

Advancing Data Justice Research and Practice

By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: April 18, 2023 This is one of the  narratives of the communities impacted from data injustice which are published in the research report on data justice by Digital Empowerment Foundation. The injustices that algorithms of platform and gig-economy apps cause has been documented previously. In India, the workers in…

Digital Intervention for Better Menstrual Health

By Digital Empowerment Foundation Published on: April 18, 2023 Menstruation is still a taboo in many rural communities and digital means have helped in ensuring that the myths around it get busted and young girls and women are well informed about maintaining good menstrual health which otherwise would lead to health complications commonly seen in…