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Jagriti Sewa Sansthan

Establishing Business Models for Women-Owned Local Digital Infrastructure

Goal

To establish women-owned and operated localised communication hubs and strengthen women’s relationships with digital technology through revenue-generating models of local infrastructure ownership, operation and enterprise support. It will demonstrate how infrastructure ownership can shift women’s relationship with digital from being just users to also being providers and operators and establishing new, non-traditional digital livelihoods for women.

Target

Outreach to 6000 women to motivate them towards digital adoption.

Approach

  • Develop training content across five comprehensive modules and obtain ISO certification to ensure quality and standardisation
  • Provide this content on an online learning platform, offering open access for reuse by other community organisations to empower rural women as digital entrepreneurs
  • Establish a centralised support hub, the Udyamita Exchange, for global and local knowledge sharing, and implement incubation programs to support and maximise the success of women entrepreneurs’ businesses

Impact

  • Narrowing the gender digital divide by strengthening women’s relationship with digital technologies, empowering them to acquire digital skills for economic opportunities rather than just personal use
  • Achieving economic empowerment of women through digital-led business models, decentralising access to digital and communication technologies
  • Improving access to content and opportunities through peer-to-peer citizen engagement, fostering strong and cohesive communities

Geographies

States: Uttar Pradesh, District: Kushinagar, Deoria, and Gorakhpur

Focus Areas

Digital infrastructure and digital livelihoods