Important Facts For Prelims
GOAL (Going Online as Leaders)
- 18 Oct 2019
- 1 min read
The second phase of GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) has been jointly launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Facebook to digitally mentor 5000 young women in India’s tribal-dominated districts.
- The GOAL is a Facebook program aimed at guiding and encouraging tribal girls from across India to become village-level digital young leaders for their communities
- The programme will help to connect underprivileged young tribal women with senior expert mentors in the areas of business, fashion and arts to learn digital and life skills.
- It will also provide economically and socially marginalized young women with the tools and guidance for the development of livelihood skills.
- It will help to close the digital gender gap by enabling more women to get online and access digital services.
