Chinmayi Arakali was invited to speak at the 8th Edition of the Community Network Xchange Asia-Pacific, organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Internet Society, T- Hub along with the Government of Telangana happened on 15th and 16th November in Hyderabad.
Chinmayi was part of a panel discussion titled ' Gender Rights and Meaningful Access among Community of Practices.' Besides Chinmayi, the panel also included Jenny, Digital Empowerment Foundation; Narangarav Adiyasure, Ulen Tyekhnologi, Mangolia; Sowmya Kidambi, Director & CEO, The Barefoot College, Tilonia.
This edition of CNX, “Building Communities for Rights to Access and Access to Rights,” aims to address the challenges of network deployment in rural and remote regions and the subsequent challenge of exclusion from entitlements.
CNX is a collaborative initiative led by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), T-Hub Hyderabad, APNIC Foundation, the Association for Progressive Communication (APC), Internet Society Foundation, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP), Nepal Internet Foundation (NIF), World Summit Awards (WSA), Art and Collective for Digital Empowerment (A-CODE), and Wireless for Communities (W4C).
Know more about the event here