Google Says Internet Saathi Program has Empowered 15 Million Women In India So Far
May. 22, 2018In a recentblog post, Sapna Chadha, Google’s Director of Marketing for Southeast Asia & India, highlighted that the company committed to bridging the gender divide in India and will continue to reach its goal of covering 3 lakh villages in the country. Chadha wrote:
“Today is an important day for the Internet Saath program, as we reach the halfway point of our milestone. The program is spread across the villages of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and has also expanded to four new states – Uttarakhand, Goa, Karnataka, and Telangana, in the past couple of months.”
The Internet Saathi program focuses on educating women in rural areas to use the Internet, who then impart whatever they’ve learnt to other women in their community and neighboring villages. Along with Tata Trusts and Intel, Google also partnered with on-ground NGOs, local activists and several Google volunteers, who together contributed towards the success of the program.
