Mobile app for rural women for info on govt policies

Initiative taken by the UN Women for capacity building and transformation in South Asia

PTI | October 5, 2012



Women leaders in selected rural areas will now have a mobile application to quickly get information about government policies, programmes and schemes.

Besides this, web application and community radio will also be in place to respond to their queries as part of a initiative taken by the UN Women for capacity building and transformation in South Asia.

"This will undoubtedly strengthen women's leadership and provide them with skills to perform their roles more effectively," UN Women's Executive Director Michelle Bachelet said in Jaipur on Thursday.

She was speaking at a day-long leadership summit titled 'Dialogue for Change: Women in Politics, Policies and Livelihood' where she also launched the first virtual centre that will be set up for this programme.

This will be 'Regional Centre of Excellence' set up in association with the state government initially in Doongerpur, Alwar and Tonk districts in Rajasthan and later set up in other regions of the South-Asia.

"The centre is a major milestone for the UN women governance programme in South-Asia. Custodians of the centre are the elected representatives, government and civil society of the region who will own and shape the structure of the centre as well as sustain it long term," she said.

Elaborating on technical aspects of the programme, UN official John Borgoyary, said that the centre will have three components-- mobile application, web application and a community radio.

He said that women will be able to share their problems, concerns and queries with the user group through the mobile application, Wi-Net, which is developed on android platform.

Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva addressed the valedictory session of the summit, and encouraged women to play more active role in nation's development.

She said that women should prepare themselves for the process of transformation. The governor said that women should never give up.

She also spoke to elected women representatives who participated in the summit and said their role was important for the social, economical and political development.

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