WOMEN'S DIGITAL LITERACY

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Digital literacy is critical in the 21st century. Becoming ‘tech-savvy’ took off in the early 2000s, but when Prime Minister Modi announced the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) in  2014, digitisation and digital literacy became a rapidly expanding focus.

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A well implemented digital literacy program can provide adolescents in rural villages with basic computer skills, information about some key applications, how to use the internet for accessing information about government schemes and services, to access other online information, understand village governance, and gain life skills training in areas such as decision-making, communication skills, understanding their feelings, negotiation skills, etc.

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Digital literacy sessions, coupled with life skills training, can help the rural youth in villages to gain exposure to concepts beyond textbooks and theory. The exposure that young people have with computer devices and Internet applications help them build their vocabulary and their knowledge.

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As a result, digital literacy is an empowering tool to combat low literacy rates.

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Key Challenges

Recommendations

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Family

  • Encourage elders to learn

  • Encourage use of digital payment

  • Encourage children especially girls to use updated technology

  • Discouragement should be removed on the basis of gender

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Community

  • Educate society through NGOs

  • Encourage women to participate in digital awareness programmes

  • Put an end to gossips about women

  • Awareness about digital literacy through media

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Goverment

  • Providing online courses in skill development for girls

  • Providing facility of computer classes in rural areas

  • Importance of digital literacy through Anganwadi and DWCRA members

  • Conduct programmes for use of internet security

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