Digital Skills for Empowering Migrant Women: A Basic Education Program

Abstract

In the 21st century, technologies have become an essential element in the daily lives of all people and a basic resource for participating in society and exercising their full rights as citizens. Nonetheless, not all the population has the necessary resources to be able to access and be digitally trained, which is why the digital divide is one of the great challenges nowadays, especially for the migrant population. This double digital and social divide can occur to a greater extent in women, creating a series of gaps that hinder their full social inclusion and make it necessary to acquire basic competences and skills that contribute to promoting and exercising their rights on an equal footing in society. The purpose of this paper is to present a basic digital education programme aimed at migrant women that includes different contents and activities aligned with the European DigComp Framework at the basic level. It is expected that this training will have an impact on their level of digital performance and on fostering their participation and social inclusion.