The Orange Foundation supports projects in education and health for the most vulnerable populations: young people and women at risk in all of the countries where the Orange Group operates.
In this context, the creation of the Women’s Digital Centers program in 2015 aims to empower economically vulnerable women by providing them with training in digital technology and use of software, financial management and entrepreneurship. Some women will consolidate basic knowledge, discover the use of a computer or a tablet, others will improve their CV and cover letter to help them in their job search.
All of these training courses are a key to women’s economic empowerment.
Today the program operates in Africa and the Middle East: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Mali, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Central African Republic, Botswana, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. In Europe: France, Spain, Poland, Romania and Moldova. And in India
In order to reinforce the program, Orange has launched the 2022 Women’s Digital Centers call for proposals, in the countries where the Orange Group operates.
Our priorities this year:
- set-up new Women’s Digital Centers to respond to the need to develop digital skills of women in difficulty,
- strengthen the existing Women’s Digital Centers.
For Orange foundations/subsidiaries and their NGO partners that would like to set-up new Women’s Digital Centers or reinforce existing Centers, they may request financial support in the following areas:
- Equip a training room with digital equipment from the Women’s Digital Center kit of the Orange Foundation,
- Renovate a training room in a new Women’s Digital Center (budget approximately 3000 euros),
- Strengthen the Women’s Digital Center program through organization of train the trainer sessions, creation and/or translation of educational content
