We’re proud to announce that our trainee-turned-trainer from Barpali in Odisha, Bidyabati Meher, has won the Internet Society’s 25 Under 25 Award! The Internet Society (ISOC) celebrated its 25th anniversary last month by recognising, honouring and celebrating young people who are shaping tomorrow by using the Internet as a force for good. The ceremony took place…
The Bhutan government is persistently working towards increasing the penetration of social media in the country for communication and governance. To achieve this, the Department of Information and Media (DOIM), under Ministry of Information and Communication of the Bhutan government, has formed a partnership with DEF to conduct regular short training programmes in Bhutan and…
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in association with Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit (FNF) and UNESCO India organised the second Digital Citizen Summit (DCS) in New Delhi on September 21 and 22, 2017. Supported by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Internet Society (ISOC), the summit was organised in the context of growing…
This article was first published in the Mint on July 26, 2017. Early life on the planet was self-sustainable, that is how nature and humans coexisted. If someone needed shelter, they built a home with resources indigenously available to them. If someone was hungry, they hunted for food in their vicinity. Over a period of…
Rakhi Uikey, from Kesla block in the Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh, goes around her village to teach women how to use a mobile phone and access the Internet. The house she visits belongs to a woman, who must be in her late 40s and earns a livelihood through poultry farming. An illiterate, she giggles…
Bindi Bottoms is a website designed to decipher the ever-changing Indian woman in real-time, through human mapping. The website features stories of women from different walks of life, of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The stories featured on this website range from those about conflict and life experiences to even aspirations. The platform aims to…
PREETI SINHA Senior President & Global Convenor YES Institute, YES BANK Ltd The world is today closely connected through faster than ever communication channels and means of travel. The interplay of advanced communication technology, energy systems and automation is driving change in all spheres. Much of this change has been catalysed by the digital revolution…
On June 21-22, 2017, DEF participated in a two-day consultation on Freedom of Expression and Religion. The consultation, held in Bangkok (Thailand), aimed at bringing civil society organisations and individuals together to highlight issues related enhancing the exercise of expression, opinion and religious freedoms in Asia. With the decline of freedom of expression online and…
The Department of Social Welfare in Tehri Gharwal is constantly working to bridge the gap between marginalised population of the society and the mainstream. Implementation of social security and welfare schemes is being taken up on priority with increased coverage of schemes every year. On June 27, 2017, it organised a multi-purpose camp at Pratap…
The need for efficiently utilising the power of social media for empowerment, especially by weavers and the societies run by them, was highlighted at a workshop held at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology in Salem, Tamil Nadu, on July 16, 2017. The day-long workshop was organised jointly by the Weavers Service Centre (WSC) of…