No women, no web - Digital skills trainings in fragile contexts

Eva Yayi Mawa Upele, Yine Yenki Nyika, Nayla Zreik Fahed, Iffat
Gill Poverty, illiteracy as well as armed conflicts continue to be
the everyday reality for much of the world's population. One could
reckon that being online appears to be the least of a problem for
people in places affected by conflict. Additionally, power outages,
scarce infrastructure and a lack of digital skills make the online
world appear even further out of reach for them.  Despite - or
perhaps precisely because of these challenges, civil society
organizations use digital skills trainings to engage, educate and
empower women and girls in these contexts. What is their
motivation? What challenges do they face? And why is it so
important to empower innovative, independent and self-confident
women and girls? How do digital skills shape their understanding of
the web and their own future prospects?  The session explores
the potentials and challenges of teaching digital skills to female
users in fragile contexts. Projects from South Sudan, Lebanon and
Pakistan will present their approaches of how they use digital
skills trainings to empower girls and women. supported by BMZ