“When women have equal access to opportunity, we all benefit from their perspectives, creativity and their expertise, and this is true all over the world. Yet, when it comes to accessing opportunity, deep inequalities persist, Sundar Pichai, “CEO of Google said.
On International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 2021, at Google for India Women Will event, Google has stated that it will support 1 million woman entrepreneurs in rural India. A fund of $25 million was announced for projects that approach systemic obstacles towards economic equity globally. Mr Sundar Pichai stated that his company intends to initiate a new commitment to assist and encourage one million women in rural villages in India to enhance their entrepreneurship through business tutorials, accessories, and mentorship.
Articulating at the event, Mr Pichai appended that Google’s Google.org — the benevolent potency of the technology gigantic, will contribute $25 million in donations globally to nonprofits and social projects that are accomplishing empowering girls and women. Furthermore, Google.org will be proffering a donation of $500,000 to the NASSCOM Foundation to bolster 1,00,000 women Agri workers with digital and financial knowledge.
He also remarked that women are almost twice as probable to succumb to their jobs during the pandemic and an evaluated 20 million girls are in jeopardy of not returning to school.
On the privilege to Nasscom Foundation, the company in an announcement said, with this grant assistance, the foundation will stretch a reach to women Agri workers. The foundation will relinquish this grant in the six states of Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. Also, it will set up a helpline where the women agri workers will be handy to call and receive additional counseling on their entrepreneurship-associated doubts.
Jacqueline Fuller, President of Google Org responded in a blog post that was shared by Pichai on Twitter, that if women and girls are given the resources and opportunities to turn their potential to strength, it changes the trajectory and an affirmative path of their lives as well as empowers communities. “I’ve seen this play out first hand while living in India, where public health programs that put resources and decision-making in the hands of women drove much stronger outcomes for their families and villages. I’ve seen this in my own life when bosses – both male and female – gave me stretch opportunities and bet on my leadership,” she said.
Fuller said she is excited and enthusiastic to join CEO Pichai to propel their Impact Challenge for Women and Girls at a Google for India Women Will event. Google is assembling on concepts from non-profits and social organisations that are operating towards the economic empowerment of women and girls to build roadmaps to success and victory. The tech CEO will grant $25 million in funding entirely. Impact Challenge donees will endure assistance from Googlers, Ad Grants and additional support.
Throughout the event, the company also proclaimed the achievement of the Internet Saathi project. This program will be ventured with the joint effort of Tata Trusts and Google.org to empower, encourage and assist women across rural India with digital literacy skills, which was propelled in 2015. The tremendous efforts have served and benefitted over 30 million women crosswise India through coaching rendered by over 80,000 Internet Saathi’s, over six years the company announced.
Mr Pichai also informed about the success which has been accomplished from the Internet Saathi program. It has bestowed and proved how digital access and digital literacy can benefit women to approach their full potential and promote their livelihoods.
