We are really excited to have secured new funding for the Digital Sisters program so we can continue provide this essential support to women across Australia. Thanks to our partners including TPG Foundation for supporting the 2026-2027 community grants round and helping us close the digital divide.
36 organisations across Australia will continue supporting migrant and refugee women to fully benefit from technology and access the online world.
“The Digital Sisters project has demonstrated that digital inclusion is about more than technology; it is a pathway to confidence, independence, social connection, and economic participation for migrant and refugee women. Through culturally responsive, multilingual support, participants were able to develop practical digital skills in a safe and welcoming environment.” Digital Sisters network partner.
Since 2013, the Digital Sisters program has supported more than 6,000 women and reached more than 100,000 people.
84% of program participants reported increased digital skills. 76% of women reported increased ability to be safe online, and 60% reported increased confidence to use technology.
“This program is a lifeline for new arrivals. It makes everyday tasks like banking and communication much easier. I now know how to fill out digital forms correctly and upload documents. This is a big achievement for me.” Digital Sisters program participant.
This program is fundamental to supporting women’s access to technology and gives them the tools to support their kids and family, find jobs, avoid scams, use AI and feel more connected with their communities and the world around them.
We are looking forward to seeing the impact and hearing the stories of the organisations participating in the Digital Sisters 2026-2027 round.
Meet the organisations delivering Digital Sisters
Click each state name to see the full list of organisations delivering free digital skills sessions for migrant and refugee women.
New South Wales
Afghan Women on the Move
Boronia Multicultural Services Inc
CASS – Chinese community-West Ryde
Collective Leisure
Community Support Services Inc
Cultural Diversity Network Incorporated
Fair Foundations
Illawarra Multicultural Services Incorporated
Kiama Community College Incorporated
LEAD Connect LTD
Liverpool Women’s Health Centre
Russian Ethnic Community Society
The Place: Charlestown Community Centre
Western Sydney Community Centre
South Australia
Australian Refugee Association
Baba Mazari Foundation
Eastwood Community Centre
Queensland
Arise Women Support Association Inc. (AWSA)
Australian national chinese women’s federation INC
Bundaberg Regional Libraries
The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc.
Tasmania
CatholicCare TAS
CatholicCare TAS – North
Healthy Shack Tech
Victoria
Culture Connect Chinese Australia Brighton Beach Inc.
Louise Multicultural Community Centre (NIECH previously)
Nepalese Association of Victoria
Serbian Social Services and Support Inc.
Sikh Community Connections Inc
Sufi Festival Inc
Victorian Afghan Associations Network (VAAN)
Vietnamese Association in Hobsons Bay
Wellsprings for Women
Whittlesea Community Connections
Western Australia
Culture Care WA Inc
Mercy Community Services Limited
Mercy Community Services Limited – SOUTH
Learn more about the Digital Sisters program
Watch the Digital Sisters videos and hear from their participants and organisations about the importance and impact of this program.
Video transcript
The Digital Sisters program is important to my community because we are from immigrant background.
Back there, we don’t have computers and we were in war running around in the bush. When we came here, everything was new. My community, some, they have no idea about digital literacy.
So now everything is changing. So they’re really eager to learn.
This is a program where we help women to overcome their struggles, for example, they don’t know how to use email when it comes to like school work or work stuff, and now that we teach them how to use those skills, now they can do it by themselves.
These days everything is on the computer and online. Whatever you have to do it is online.
So it’s an opportunity for me to go and learn about it.
You can have a smartphone, but you’re not going to get an opportunity to know what is inside there until you go for classes for AI and then after that you will know what to use in it.
The class was filled with excitement and also nervousness.
Mostly, we teach them how to use Google Translate. In Google Translate, you can write your language and they can translate to English as well.
We teach them how to set up emails. We also teach them how to use social media in a safe way.
Women in my community, they are using AI. They are using Siri to ask about the weather. They are now able to use the emails, chatbox or Google Translator.
They also use AI. To help the kids with their homework.
One lady just screamed loudly. I did it. I did it. I sent my first email.
I feel more safer and I feel comfortable with it. They are learning a lot from this program. And this is what is needed in the workforce.
I really feel really grateful when women come up and say, oh, thank you for teaching this class and I really learned something, and that makes me feel confident for myself and. Confident room for them as well.
This program has helped people to have confidence in themselves. People feel more independent.
I want this program to continue because it’s helping a lot of people. It’s not only me. I can go out there and tell people about it because it’s really, really helping.