Digital Equality

[ UUID ] 6fd531ae-62ef-43aa-bdfd-5af67b42ab9c

[ Session Name ] Digital Equality [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion [ Secondary Space ] Decentralisation

[ Submitter's Name ] Therese Keita [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre and Digital Studio

What will happen in your session?

In 2018 half of the world’s population is expected to be online, the other half is made up of people with low literacy, low skilled, disabilities, poor, elderly and rural people. This will be an Interactive co-learning session that will question, provoke thought and help find solutions to how applications and services can be designed to include these people in the digital world to improve their skills and livelihood. The first part of the session will be a presentation on digital inclusion, after which participants would break into groups and have brainstorming sessions on problems faced, they would then come back, share what they came up with and break out again to come up with possible solutions.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

This session targets everyone from the digitally excluded, developers, providers, policy makers or just enthusiasts. The goal of this session is to come up with ways in which the barriers of digital inclusion can be broken, to raise awareness on digital inclusion and the issues that are faced by affected people.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

Projector Flip chart paper Markers paper and pens

Time needed

90 mins