How the Internet Society Armenia Chapter is Empowering Rural Libraries to Bridge the Digital Divide 

21 October 2024
Group picture of the Armenia chapter

Around the world, the digital divide poses a significant obstacle to economic opportunity, education, and social inclusion. In Armenia, this divide is most pronounced in rural communities and former centers of industrial manufacturing, where an estimated third of Armenians living in poverty reside. Lack of access to the Internet and computers prevents rural Armenians from…

Casting a wider Net through training for women in Mali 

26 September 2024
Mali Chapter program participants. You can see a dozen of woman with cables after the IT training.

In a country where few women and girls attend secondary school, let alone higher education and even fewer pursue careers in STEM, 25 women, and girls are bucking that trend, bolstered by practical training made possible by a Beyond the Net Grant from the Internet Society Foundation.   More than a decade of conflict and deeply rooted gender…

Students Use Technology to Preserve Piikani Culture and Language

20 February 2020
Piikani man at home being filmed

There are an estimated 6,000 languages spoken globally, but according to the United Nations nearly half are endangered Only a few hundred have been given a place in education systems and the public domain. Less than a hundred languages are used in the digital world.

After centuries of colonization and discrimination, Indigenous languages face the greatest threats.

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