Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias to provide mobile services for Mexican indigenous communities
Mexican Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias A.C. (TIC) received a license to provide mobile services for up to 1,200 communities in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, Guerrero and Puebla states. The main objective of this initiative is to bridge the current digital divide by…
APEC Women and the Economy 2016 Forum calls for digital literacy to break economic integration barriers of women in the global market
On 30 June, The APEC Women and the Economy 2016 Forum gathered a group of leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss about “Breaking Barriers to the Economic Integration of Women in the Global Market.” The event was organized to…
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…
Advance Queensland funds research projects to provide indigenous people in Australia with Digital skills
Advance Queensland is a group of programs that was designed to promote knowledge-based jobs in Australia. Currently, the initiative has started to support research for introducing digital skills into the educational experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait indigenous students. Around…
International Telecommunication Union and Fondo Indígena launch call to share innovative communication tools with indigenous leaders
Since 2005, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has implemented an on-line training program for Indigenous Leaders, consisting of 3 on-line training courses every year. These courses targeted to promote more accessibility to ICT resources and enhance the digital skills of…
REDemplea2.0: ICT mechanisms to provide jobs for disabled people in Spain
According to data from the Spanish Observatory for Disability and the Labor Market, in 2013 only one out of four disabled individuals in the country had an occupation. In order to address this challenge, the REDemplea2.0 employment network for rural…
Rising Voices to Perpetuate Indigenous Languages with ICTs
Recognizing this statement, the organization Rising Voices – a blogging and translating online global network – awarded five micro grants for digital activism projects in Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua. The five chosen proposals mainly deal with teaching young members…
Indigenous people enhance mobile coverage in remote Australia
An interesting example of a digital inclusion project made by and for indigenous people that will have benefits for a whole region. Remote areas of the Northern Territory in Australia are now getting full mobile phone coverage thanks to the…
Te(a)ch program to provide digital skills training for youth in Nunavut, Canada
The Pinnguaq Association is a non-profit technology startup that focuses on incorporating play and gaming into applications to benefit tourism, education, economic development and the preservation of indigenous languages in Nunavut Northern Canada region. In December 2016 it was selected…
Digital inclusion in Australia: an ongoing discussion
Australia saw its seventh Social Inclusion Week between the 21st and the 29th of last month, during which a series of events took place under their annual theme (2015’s theme was “Collaborate, Connect and Celebrate!”). The events are targeted at…