TRANSCRIPT: WCC Winners Video
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The WomenConnect Challenge India is helping amplify and nurture innovative solutions to enable digital accessibility among women.
Meet the WomenConnect Challenge India 2021 Winners
Speaker:
Monisha Banerjee
Anudip Foundation
CEO
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Monisha Banerjee:
Winning the Women’s Connect Challenge is very very important. This whole project will help us move the needle of bridging the gender digital divide a little bit.
Speaker:
Anu Jain
Barefoot College International
Director
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Anu Jain:
This opportunity will result in many more women and girls being motivated and trained to achieve their aspirations.
Speaker:
Basanta Kumar Nayak
Centre for Youth and Social Development
Program Director
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Basanta Kumar Nayak
It’s a very coveted grant and we are happy to be a part of this award. This project will definitely help in integrating all the digital led innovations.
Speaker:
Dr. Ashok Khosla
Society for Development Alternatives
Founder and Chairman
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Dr. Ashok Khosla
We are able to see now a future for using digital technology to be able to bring whole new opportunities into her life; and that is I think the biggest impact its going to have for us.
Speaker:
S.S Bhat
Friends of Women's World Banking
CEO
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S.S Bhat:
By winning Women Connect Challenge, FWWB will be able to narrow down the digital gender divide by building women’s digital access capabilities through tailored training and mentorship support thereby enabling them to adopt digital platforms into their businesses.
Speaker:
Rohini Mukherjee
Naandi Foundation
Chief Policy Officer
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Rohini Mukherjee:
Winning the Women Connect Challenge means for us that now we can realize our dreams of bringing women into sports in meaningful way.
Speaker:
Sahana Mishra
PRADAN, Bihar
Integrator
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Sahana Mishra:
It gives us the opportunity to work with various other organizations who have been working on these issue since long; and we are not alone here, we (are) in a group, we can learn from each other and ground ready.
Speaker:
Rupa Bohra
TechnoServe India
Youth Employability and Gender Diversity
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Rupa Bohra:
By winning this challenge, we believe that we will be able to develop more understanding and comprehend better the significant barriers to the ownership, access and adoption of technology by women in rural belt of Bikaner.
Speaker:
Neha
Solidaridad Network
Gender Lead for Asia
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Neha:
I believe that moving forward, there would be further, more learning and collaborations with other organizations to bring in more substantial change; and change for the women we want to work with and work for.
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The selected organizations will be supported with grants of $100,000 to $135,000 USD each for a period of 12 to 15 months.
The 10 selected WomenConnect India Challenge projects are spread across 17 states and 46 districts.
Aiming to reach over 300,000 women to help bridge the gender digital divide.
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