Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Feb 2022 Open Access

COVID-19, International Partnerships, and the Possibility of Equity: Enhancing Digital Literacy in Rural Nepal amid a Pandemic

Sweta Baniya ; Kylie Call ; Ashley Brein ; Ravi Kumar

Abstract

In this article, we share our reflections as a teacher, students, and community organization on establishing an international community partnership course that drew United States’ Virginia Tech University students into dialogue with the Nepal-based Code for Nepal (registered as a non-profit in the US), an organization that serves rural communities by enhancing digital literacy skills of women and young girls. By reflecting on our partnership, we argue that international engagements, premised on equity as a goal and conducted digitally, will help in creating opportunities for the students as well as the communities in tackling the digital divide via writing and designing conducted in the pursuit of enhancing the digital literacy of the rural communities in need.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2022-02-16
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10.59236/rjv21i1pp63-77
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