Empowering women through digital literacy: IFAP’s impact across marginalized communities

IFAP’s actions are directed towards a human centered empowerment of beneficiaries. By providing women with the knowledge to navigate the digital world, IFAP continuously seeks community-centered approach to make this commitment a day-to-day reality. To bridge the technological gap in India, a project funded by IFAP, introduced mobile phone-based gadgets and produced a Rural Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme Manual (Swawlamban). This resulted in improving digital skills of 265 women and girls in rural locations and helping them to effectively express themselves in the digital world. In Georgia, the Business and Technology University trained 60 women, including Georgian citizens and Ukrainian refugees, to master digital technologies. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, women participants are now more proficient in using digital tools.

IFAP’s projects thrive through the commitment of multiple stakeholders. The need for stronger collaboration is ever-present, and only through global efforts will women’s rights be fully exercised both online and offline. As a unique UNESCO intergovernmental programme that supports Members States in fostering equitable society through universal access to information and knowledge, IFAP is a long-term programme at the heart of UNESCO’s policies on media and information literacy.