Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

WomenDigital Community Learning and Empowerment Platform


Description

Womenpowered Digital is an online and offline community of women who want to thrive in the digital economy. We are passionate about digital literacy and we believe that we can unleash everyone’s potential with technology and innovation.

We curate and organize events, training and workshops that are far from the conventional topics. We believe that women nowadays have more sophisticated needs to thrive in the digital world that is far beyond digital skills and literacy. Thus, Womenpowered Digital is not just an online community, but a real community with a shared journey towards life's purpose, despite the challenges in the digital space.

Through our community events, training and workshops, women become part of a positive peer group, with access to women mentors and learning opportunities.

In nine months, we were able to organize 20 community events and workshop on technology, digital literacy and entrepreneurship, empowered 30 women-in-tech and women entrepreneurs as speakers, and reached around 1,500 both men and women who joined our activities and became members of our Facebook group.

Currently, we are developing our online e-Learning platform to connect women with other inspiring women across the globe as mentors and trainers.

Project website

http://womendigital.co


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C7. E-learning 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Davao City, Philippines

Status

Completed

Start date

January 2018

End date

November 2018


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women

Replicability

This project is replicable in any cities in the world with use of our online community platform. WomenDigital would be a global network of women mentors and women who are looking for learning opportunities and to connect with other inspiring women across the world to learn from. Women can share ideas, tools and practices that anyone can learn and adopt through online courses, groups, and mentoring sessions, all in one online platform.

As to date, we are developing our online e-Learning platform to connect women with other inspiring women across the globe as mentors and trainers.


Sustainability

This project is sustainable through various revenue streams including but not limited to:
Freemium Business Model with free and paid features for online courses and mentoring sessions. Revenue also comes from paid trainings and paid events. Other revenues come from sponsorships, advertisements and commission from affiliate products and services.


WSIS values promotion

This project upholds and promote the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, shared responsibility, and respect for nature through gender equality and women empowerment. Our activities are done with respect to nature and the environment. Mindfulness is one of the learning tracks that we provide. The project promotes safe use of technology and internet promoting the values of "do no harm" across activities, and responsible digital citizenship. The project provides a safe space for women to express their thoughts and ideas about certain issues without prejudice, but only acceptance. The members of the community have a shared responsibility of empowering women through the responsible and productive use of technology and the internet through promoting innovation and digital entrepreneurship.


Entity name

Womenpowered Digital (WPD)

Entity country—type

Philippines Private Sector

Entity website

http://womendigital.co