Google India and Farhan Akhtar Initiate Campaign To Increase Internet-Literacy Among Indian Women

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Last year, Google India launched a ‘digital literacy' initiative campaign called ‘Helping Women Get Online' (HWGO) in collaboration with Intel, HUL and Axis Bank to increase the internet knowledge among women in the sub-continent.

 
Google India Starts Campaign To Boost Internet-Literacy Among Women

Now, the search engine giant Google has yet again launched a new social campaign in association with Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar's initiative MARD, to increase internet literacy among women in the country.

 

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Along with boosting the overall Internet adoption, the initiative aims to bridge the huge gender disparity prevalent India. "The first phase has been very successful. In the last 12 months, the number of women using the internet has grown 35% as against 31% by men.

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This for the first time that women have surpassed men in using internet. This is just the start of the programme as it's only 10 months when we launched it (the first phase)," Google India vice president and managing director Rajan Anandan said in Mumbai.

As the company ramps up its activities and takes many of them to the next level, it expects further acceleration in the campaign, Anandan said.

The jointly-promoted campaign called ‘ReachForTheSky' will look to generate awareness about the need to get women online.

It will also encourage existing users to help get more women online and spread awareness of gender equality and women empowerment.

Despite India inching closer to become the second largest internet users' country, the number of women using internet is lower than in most of the countries, he said adding, "empowering the young women population with information and internet related tools could transform India's future." We need to build on this start and join the campaign with MARD to encourage women to come online, he added.

Google India head for marketing Sandeep Menon said the company's aim is to help bring 50 million women online in the country.

PTI

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