The consultation paper (draft) presents the key areas of emphasis in the growing mobile for development space in India. The purpose is to understand the scope and magnitude of the expanding mobile domain as it is lately linked essentially to advance development and governance objectives and seen as the most democratic technology medium to offer scope to deliver service needs anytime, anywhere. The Paper content has been derived from existing research and field inputs. The paper is intended to assist consultation ( Mobiles for Social and Behavior Change) stakeholders to get an overview of issues, scope and relevance in mobile thrustto support development efforts of the government and private players including bilateral agencies and civil society bodies. Read more >>

Now every latest information will be available in the village itself. It is the situation after the opening of a Community Information Resource Centre in the Mansoorpur village in Vaishali block. Here, all information about the development of the village is available. Whether it is related to agri-matters, better health facilities, where the villagers can get good education, when shall the next Panchayat election take place, where development work is happening, how shall you get work under MNREGA, how to apply for getting an RTI, how to avail with government schemes, how to make radio spots and how will your business grow meaning. Read more >>

Safecity.in is an online platform created to map areas of sexual abuse- ranging from comments to physical abuse and rape. All it requires is to fill a simple form about the location where the abuse occurred and the category of abuse (it can be filled anonymously as well). This gets plotted on a map and in time will create “hotspots” or unsafe areas of a city. The platform currently takes information through online form (http://safecity.in); Facebook posts (www.facebook.com/safecity.in); Twitter (@pinthecreep, #safecity or #pinthecreep) or Email (info@safecity.in). For details please visit www.safecity.in

Bimla Devi was born in a Dalit family, considered a low untouchable caste, in the Rewari district of Haryana. As a little girl, she faced much discrimination, even being denied to access public transport and disgraced publicly. Bimla visualised an equal world where there was no gender inequality and people belonging to different castes lived together. Once she grew up, Bimla started bringing together women from her village and began to educate them on various reproductive and sexual health issues. In addition, she informed them about the importance of voting in elections, the significance of economic empowerment and gender equality. Read more >>

पिछले दिनों 1 मई को हर बार की तरह, इस बार भी देश भर में मजदूर ये नारे लगाते दिखाई दिए कि दुनिया के मजदूरों एक हो जाओ। ये देखकर अपने आप में एक सवाल पैदा होता है कि क्या वाकई ये मजदूर कभी एक हो पाएंगे? क्या वाकई इन्हें कभी अपना हक मिल पाएगा? शायद नहीं। हालांकि मजदूरों के कल्याण के लिए अर्जुन सेन गुप्ता आयोग के अलावा, कई अन्य समितियां भी बनीं। लेकिन, उन आयोगों द्वारा सरकार के सामने रिपोर्ट पेश करने के बावजूद आज तक उस पर कोई अमल नहीं हो पाया। Read more >>

Wireless technology may have democratized access to information in urban areas, but the vast and sometimes inaccessible rural India was, until recently, excluded from the digital map. That tribal students like Rajkumari can communicate with a universe of information providers is due to the work of organizations like Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF). Read more >>

In 2012, Ford Foundation & DEF decided to harness the ongoing efforts of DEF in setting up wireless mesh network in Guna, MP under project 'Wireless in Unlicensed Band' providing broadband connectivity using unlicensed spectrum. At the first level, the project will analyze micro-and macro-level sustainability model of utilizing wireless in unlicensed band in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. Click here to download full report >>

The 9th Annual Manthan Award South Asia & Asia Pacific was held successfully at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India on December 1st 2012 honoring 33 winners and 11 special mentions. The 9th Manthan Award attracted 470 valid Nominations across 16 categories and through 4 level of jury process selected 74 Finalists. The one-day event witnessed over 1500 participants, ICT practitioners, NGOs, government, private sectors, academia and other stakeholders. The Full Winners list and everything else related to the Manthan Award can be found on our website http://manthanaward.org

Using the context of market development at BOP, we have studied the Digital Empowerment Foundation's Chanderiyaan Project as a case study to understand how the project has been able to reduce the four market separations to develop market for Chanderi weavers in Handloom products. We used a case study approach to understand DEF's Chanderiyaan initiative. Our methodology primarily involved collecting and analyzing secondary data, followed by site visit/s to Chanderi, and conducting in-depth interviews of weavers, master weavers, customers, and employees of DEF, along with non-participant observations. Click here to download full report >>

On 22 December, 2012, Intel & DEF inaugurated the Muthyalamrmapalem NDLM centre, followed by introductory class with 16 students at the first batch. Being the first digital literacy programme launched in Muthyalamrmapalem located at Pravada, Visakhapatnam, majorly populated with fishing community DEF has started two batches started with Intel Easy Step programme.