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Vodafone’s ‘Red Rickshaw Revolution’ to digitally empower women

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New Delhi: In order to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of ordinary women, the Vodafone Foundation organized the Red Rickshaw Revolution, which began on November 28—cutting across seven states of the country.

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The Red Rickshaw Revolution 2’ (RRR2), a digital journey, started from Aurangabad (Maharashtra) and touched Alwar and Baran (Rajasthan), Mandvi (Gujarat), Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), Kolaras and Pohra (Madhya Pradesh), Keonjarh and Bhadrak (Odisha) to reach South 24 Parganas in West Bengal.

Rohit Adya, Director, External Affairs, Vodafone India, said, “Vodafone Foundation started the Red Rickshaw Revolution initiative to recognize the amazing women in India who work selflessly for community development. This year it was a virtual campaign into India’s villages aimed to spread awareness, garner support and promote digital literacy to empower women.

We have set up Digital Resource Centres in rural areas. It is aligned to the objective of the Digital India program. It acknowledges the accomplishments of women change makers and makes them ambassadors to propagate the use of technology for improving livelihood and enhance governance in their respective villages and community.”

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Jhuma Mondal, Sarpanch of Chowgheri village, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal and Chudamani Naik from Oriya GP village, Odisha were among the woman achievers acknowledged and appreciated for their commitment towards community development work, provision of civic amenities and propagating women empowerment in their villages, a statement said.

The Vodafone Foundation also set up physical ‘Digital Community Information Resource Centres’ (dCIRCs) near each of the locations visited during the journey. Equipped with internet connectivity, the centres will facilitate access to information about the various beneficial schemes offered by the government, and enable connectivity with other developmental programs. The centre will also impart computer literacy and training to women and disseminate information on governance and agriculture.

New Delhi

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