Jakarta, July 8, 2019. The growth of digital technology continues to accelerate rapidly, while not everyone is adaptive to this change. The challenge for the majority of Indonesian women, especially mothers, in today's digital era is how to maximize the use of digital technology in everyday life. For this reason, PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL Axiata) through the Sisternet program in collaboration with the Collections of Emak Blogger (KEB) held a series of digital literacy education called "Arisan Ilmu" in six cities, throughout July-September 2019.
XL Axiata Group Head of Corporate Communication, Tri Wahyuningsih said, "As the name implies" arisan ", this program will be in the form of sharing skills and knowledge about the use of digital technology for productive and positive needs with speakers from various fields who have joined the KEB. We hope that the community, especially mothers in the cities where this event will be held, can take full advantage of this opportunity. "
Furthermore Tri Wahyuningsih explained that since its introduction in 2015, Sisternet continued to strive to be a pioneer in initiating solutions for many social problems related to the empowerment of Indonesian women. One of them is the use of technology in everyday life to bridge the digital divide which is considered to be an access for Indonesian women to move forward.
The six cities where the Arisan Science and Technology program will take place will be Jakarta on July 6, 2019, Yogyakarta (July 13), Solo (July 14), Lampung (August 3), Bandung (August 18), and Makassar (September 14). The event material in Jakarta, namely "Maximizing Instagram with Interesting Content". In Yogyakarta, "How to Build Social Media Engagement". The event in Solo, "Hobbies Become a Business in a Creative Industry". In Lampung with the theme "From Hobbies, to Profitable Professions". In Bandung with the theme "Digital Branding for Female SMEs". Finally, in Makassar with the theme "Smart Mother in the Age of the Digital Age Now".
XL Axiata also provides video content containing various smart modules in the form of videos and articles related to digital literacy for mothers in Indonesia. The entire information can be accessed through https://www.sisternet.co.id/modulpintar. In each city, 100 seats are available for participants. People who are interested in joining, can register by becoming a Sisternet member at https://www.sisternet.co.id/page/event.
A collection of Emak Blogger (KEB) is a blogger community that contains women with different backgrounds who have been blessed with children or not. This community was founded on January 18, 2012, spread in various regions in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Solo, Lampung, to Makassar, Bengkulu, and other major cities. This later became the background of the creation of collaboration between the Sisternet Digital Literacy Class and the Collection of Emak Blogger (KEB) who were concerned with the advancement of Indonesian women through the use of digital technology today. The hope, the level of "digital literacy" of women in various regions in Indonesia will continue to increase. Based on the latest data released by APJII in 2018, it shows that the penetration rate of Internet users in Indonesia has increased to 171.17 million or 64.8% of the total population and it is estimated that there will still be a significant increase in the following year seeing the massive growth of current technology. Internet penetration in urban and rural areas continues to experience relatively balanced growth. Meanwhile, still from the same data shows that internet penetration among housewives (IRT) in Indonesia has only reached 48.2%. This condition is a challenge for XL Axiata to continue to present solutions to all women, especially mothers in Indonesia, to be able to be adaptive in applying the development of today's digital technology into everyday life.