After all, Tea is the second most preferred beverage worldwide, second only to water. A 2021 statistic pegs the global production of tea at almost 6 million tonnes (5,966,467 to be exact) a year. Although a slightly older statistic, this infographic by IIP using the 2011-12 NSS data puts a +91% preference for tea over […]
As Osama Manzar, the director of DEF reminded us, data is costly. We might not think so with our monthly recharges in an urban setting, but for a lot of rural India, even a photocopy machine is kilometres away, divided by access, gender, and expenses of travel and day of lost wage. This is what […]
The 4th Digital Citizen Summit 2023 is an annual event to be held in Hyderabad in November, 2023, aimed at addressing the challenges and opportunities of digitalization in India. The summit focuses on the concept of digital commons, aiming to enable digital citizenship through inclusive access, responsible use, and accountable governance of digital resources and […]
Digital Empowerment Foundation and Ashoka Law for All are delighted to invite you to celebrate together “digitALL: Access to Rights & Rights to Access”, a 20-year journey through Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), a nonprofit organisation founded by senior Ashoka Fellow, Osama Manzar. We invite you to join us, experience DEF’s intimate journey through art, music, and […]
Digital Empowerment Foundation hosted a workshop in Panchgani, Maharashtra, with over fifty journalists, media researchers, and practitioners, where we talked about data, privacy, security, mis/disinformation, and more. This is one part of our report from the workshop. Read More
One step forward, several steps back: with one big win for press freedom, one huge blow for freedom of speech, parts of history being erased, and several instances of violence, this week has been a (mostly downhill) coaster ride – that’s what this week’s TypeRight takes a glance at. Read More
This edition of TypeRight looks into some recent updates on the Aadhaar push for welfare benefits and how the deadlines turn deadly. Read More
In previous chapters of TypeRight we have talked about the necessity of teaching the impacts of AI to the public and the necessity of advanced computer education including AI/ML tools to more students, but today we deal with something else – it is AI that is teaching us. We also have a conversation with ChatGPT […]
In an earlier edition of TypeRight, we spoke of the UN’s Global Digital Compact that was one of the decisions of the recent Internet Governance Forum – and how the Digital Empowerment Foundation was planning to conduct the consultation of the same in India. Read More
In an earlier TypeRight, we discussed the issues surrounding digital, app-based attendance for the country’s employment program, the NREGA, and how the lack of digital access leads to exclusions. Today we look at a recent update on the issue: Aadhaar-based payment scheme on the NREGA. Read More