Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities discusses accessibility to information and technology as a key driver for development
The 9th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was held last June 14-16, 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme for the tenth year of…
Persons with disabilities will receive digital skills training in Andalucía
“Andalucía Compromiso Digital” or Andalucía’s Digital Agreement is a program implemented by the Employment, Enterprise and Commerce Council, with the support of the European Social Fund, to provide digital skills for citizens in order to enhance employment in the ICT…
Kasasa-AudioEye partnership to provide web accessibility for persons with disabilities
Kasasa financial technology provider announced a partnership with AudioEye Inc. to optimize its website for providing an enhanced user experience for persons with disabilities. The support of AudioEye Technology will allow the organization to reach a broader audience while responding…
Vietnamese rural students to receive digital skills training via public-private collaboration
Last June 6 the YouthSpark Digital Inclusion project was launched in Vietnam to close the digital gap and get students from rural areas engaged in developing knowledge related to digital skills as well as computational thinking. The public-private initiative is…
Universidad de Querétaro develops campaign for indigenous digital inclusion
The Autonomous University of Querétaro in Mexico (UAQ in Spanish) started a digital inclusion campaign called “Jamädi”, which means “thank you” in the otomí indigenous dialect. The main objective of the project is to reduce the digital divide in the…
Digital Skills and Bike Thrills: one program to offer digital literacy and bikeshare services
Digital Skills and Bike Thrills is a digital literacy initiative that seeks to empower people from the city of Philadelphia in the United States to be able to utilize the public digital-based Indego bikeshare program. In order to enable citizens…
Argentina’s Ideatón to promote accessible design for enabling seniors to go digital
The Ministry of Seniors from Buenos Aires, Argentina in collaboration with the Ministry of Smart City organized an “Ideatón” event with the purpose of providing seniors with digital skills. The Ideatón consisted of a space where people of different ages…
Peruvian Women and Vulnerable Population Ministry to support Digital Inclusion for persons with disabilities
The Women and Vulnerable Population Ministry (MIMP), with the support of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS) and the Center for Prevention of Drug Abuse (Cedro) signed an agreement to provide digital and financial training for persons with…
Digital You platform offers accessibility resources for seniors, job seekers and persons with disabilities
Digital You is an online tool created by AT&T to offer diverse accessibility resources and information for parents, seniors, job seekers and persons with disabilities to help them take advantage of information technologies. Through the Wireless Independence Now (WIN) Workshops,…
Local competition in India to determine candidates for attending the 2016 Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities
A national IT contest was organized in India to select suitable nominees to attend the 2016 Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities next November 21-25 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China. The event will gather groups of youth from 13…