ITU and WHO launch ‘safe listening’ toolkit and standard to protect people’s hearing
ITU and WHO jointly launched the “Toolkit for safe listening devices and systems” and related international standard to prevent audio devices from causing hearing loss in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 February 2019. A billion teenagers and young adults are at…
Organizations in the United States receive grants to teach people with autism how to code
Nonprofit Autism Speaks is backing 14 programmes in the United States to teach people with autism how to code, along with other digital literacy skills. This initiative is part of the NXT Gen Coders Program, which is a joint initiative…
G3ict releases the Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation Index to assess worldwide preparedness to boost digital inclusion for persons with disabilities
The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict) released the first Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation (DARE) Index to assess the level of preparedness of 121 countries to address the need for digital inclusion of persons with disabilities. The…
Digital technology forum just for seniors in Châteaubriant, France
In mid-November 2018, the Agricultural Mutual Assistance Association of Loire-Atlantique Department in France organized a forum to provide seniors from Châteaubriant with access to digital technologies. The main purpose of the forum was to help elderly people understand technology in…
New Digital Training Literacy Manual for persons with visual disabilities launched in the Philippines
Microsoft Philippines, ATRIEV Computer Training Center for the Blind, and Ateneo De Manila University’s Education Department created the Digital Training Literacy Manual for persons with visual disabilities. The training manual consists of a detailed guide to support digital skills trainers…
Africa Code Week provides training for youth with hearing disabilities in Mozambique
An article released by Africa.com provided insights into a series of Africa Code Week’s coding workshops dedicated specifically to providing hearing-impaired children in Mozambique with digital skills training. The main objective of these workshops was to offer training opportunities for…
Out of the Maze report exposes perspectives from New Zealanders calling for digital inclusion
The Vodafone New Zealand Foundation and InternetNZ released a report titled “Out of the Maze” to provide some insights into the experience of New Zealanders without access to digital technologies. The report is intended to expose the relevance of communicating…
Chicago pilots digital inclusion toolkit for smart cities
The city of Chicago in the United States will be one of the first five locations worldwide to pilot a new assessment tool to track the progress of local digital inclusion initiatives. While smart cities increasingly leverage ICT tools to…
Increasing number of court cases to demand web accessibility to organizations in United States
UsableNet released the ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Report 2018 presenting a visual compilation of court cases in the United States calling on organizations to implement web accessibility services on their websites. The report is intended to illustrate the growing number…
Industry stakeholders suggest TV White Space (TVWS) technology to provide internet connectivity in underserved regions
In September 2018, during ITU Telecom World 2018 conference, representatives from the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) called for increasing the utilization of TV Whitespace technology (TVWS) to bridge the digital divide. The proposed solution consists of leveraging unused broadcasting frequencies…
