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What is the news?
National Commission for Women (NCW) has launched an online resource center under the ‘We Think Digital’programme”. The programme is run collaboratively by the NCW, Facebook, and Cyber Peace Foundation.
How would the online resource center help women?
-It aims to help women in distress on issues related to online safety like cyberbullying, cyberstalking, financial fraud, etc.
-It will help women the safe usage of technology and will also help them to be safe from online threats.
– It will act as a source of information and support for online presence.
How would the online resource center work?
The center will provide information on cyber security in the form of posters, awareness videos, quizzes, and self-learning modules. It will include lessons with tips for safe usage and reporting and redressal of cybercrimes. The users can also find byte-sized information on various topics of cyber security on the website.
It will provide information on the step-by-step process of reporting on cyber-crime issues including reporting on social media platforms.
About ‘We Think Digital’ Programme
The programme was launched by Facebook in partnership with the National Commission for Women (NCW) and Cyber Peace Foundation.
Under this, Facebook will provide digital literacy training to 1 lakh women across seven states (Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Bihar).
As part of the program, the company will partner with agencies from both government and civil society to design learning modules to equip people with skills, including the ability to think critically about what they see online, report harmful content and how to communicate respectfully.
Source: This post is based on the article “NCW Launches Online Resource Center on Cyber Safety Under ‘We Think Digital’ Programme” published in PIB on 11th December 2021.
