DEFdialogue with Nazia Erum
On March 17, 2018, Digital Empowerment Foundation hosted its fifth DEFdialogue with Nazia Erum.
डिजिटल और कैशलेस इंडिया की अलग ही दुनिया
इरफान खान द्वारा देश की राजधानी या यू कहे की शहरो में बैठ कर डिजिटल इंडिया, केशलेश इंडिया की कल्पना करना या सपना देखना माध्यम वर्ग और निति निर्माताओ के लिए सुखद अनुभव एवं सपना हो सकता है लेकिन दरअसल दूर दराज़ ग्रामीण इलाके में अभी इन गढ़े हुए नारो का कहि अता पता आज…
डिजिटल और कैशलेस इंडिया की अलग ही दुनिया
देश की राजधानी या यू कहे की शहरो में बैठ कर डिजिटल इंडिया, केशलेश इंडिया की कल्पना करना या सपना देखना माध्यम वर्ग और निति निर्माताओ के लिए सुखद अनुभव एवं सपना हो सकता है लेकिन दरअसल दूर दराज़ ग्रामीण इलाके
The Idea of Change
By @raviguria DEF team member Ravi Guria recently travelled to Deoria in Uttar Pradesh to mentor a group of young aspiring social entrepreneurs. I didn’t know where Deoria was when I first heard that I had to make a trip there. I was told that it is near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. When I shared…
The Idea of Change
I didn’t know where Deoria was when I first heard that I had to make a trip there. I was told that it is near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. When I shared with others that I’m going to Deoria,
A powerful tool for empowerment
Bikram Shrestha President Internet Society Nepal In today’s world, mobile devices cannot be separated from day-to-day life. Our needs and demands for mobile facilities/services are constantly on the rise and are gradually fulfilled by new innovations and technologies. Society at large uses mobile to communicate, do business, perform banking transactions, learn, travel and live in…
Hundred women take the lead as information agents
On February 24, 2018, DEF in partnership with Qualcomm launched the second phase of the SoochnaPreneur project in Alwar (Rajasthan), this time with a women-only team of 100 information agents. This phase of the project is supported by Ibtada, an organisation that has been working towards women empowerment for the last 20 years in Alwar.…
Building skills for a better future
A team from the ICICI Academy for Skills visited our Baank-e-Loom centre in Uttar Pradesh last month to interact with girls in Saidanpur and nearby villages. Shilpee Adhikari from the Foundation shared details about the bank’s non-profit job-oriented three-month training programme, which will be held in Lucknow, for girls between the age group of 18…