India’s rapid rise towards becoming the second-largest Internet market in the world looks very different according to your gender.
Of the estimated 200 million Internet users in India today, only a third are women. What’s more,
just 14% of India’s women who use the Internet live in rural areas.
India’s digital gender gap is larger than those of most developing countries and closing it is crucial. The knowledge the Internet makes available can improve women’s standard of living. Better access to information about health and finance can
help lower maternal and infant mortality rates. That leads to a rise in GDP. As Mahatma Gandhi said, educate a woman and you educate a nation.
That’s why we’ve set up
Helping Women Get Online with several partners with the aim of bringing 50 million women in India online by the end of 2014.
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| Schoolgirls in Bhilwara attend a session on Internet basics |
On Wednesday, we celebrated the first milestone of this initiative. We’ve successfully reached out to 100,000 women across 300 schools, 500 households and over 50 villages as part of a pilot program in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district, some 500 kilometers from Delhi. We showed female students, housewives and professionals how the internet is relevant to their day-to-day lives through search, video and email at government-run Internet centers. Armed with the learnings from this pilot, we look forward to replicating the program across other villages throughout the country.
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| Young women learning about how they can use the Internet in their daily lives |
Women within India will also be able to call a toll free helpline number 1800.41.999.77 to get answers for any queries that they may have about the Internet.
This is just one step we are taking towards closing the digital divide between men and women, and between developed and developing countries. Watch out for more updates as we continue to roll out the program through 2014.
Posted by Rajan Anandan, Vice President and Managing Director, Google India
8 comments :
Would love to see for all the women in the sub continent. Pakistan India Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
A great initiative....A Fabulous future awaits for those girls
Google is doing a great job.
So overdue... keep the momentum going; ALL females MUST have at least a voice.
google is great for women
Nice work team google. I want you to support or manage your operations in Rajasthan, India. I own very professionals and efficient field agent suitable for this work. Kindly contact me.
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Sagar Sharma (+91-9462888517)
Managing Director - FourProfessionals Services Pvt Ltd, India
Thank you for a freat initiative
NOW IT IS TIME TO DEVLOP OUR COUNTRY VERY WELL BY USING INTERNET
THANK YOU
NARENDRA MODI SIR
YOU ARE GREAT AND
THANK YOU
TEAM GOOGLE YOU ARE DOING WELL KEEP IT UP
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