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Home > Resources > Closing the Digital Gender Gap

Closing the Digital Gender Gap

Posted on December 19, 2017

Digital technology has the power to create connections, foster learning, accelerate financial transactions, and provide life-saving information. However, barriers such as cost, network coverage, security and harassment, trust and technical literacy all contribute to the fact that women in developing countries are nearly 25% less likely to be online than men, inhibiting their ability to fully connect to their world and communities. Likewise, there are 200 million fewer women than men who have access to mobile phones in developing countries. Through closing the digital gender gap, women can help pull their families out of extreme poverty and serve as active participants and leaders in their societies.

This USAID infographic explores the digital divide between men and women. Through closing the digital gender gap, women can help pull their families out of extreme poverty and serve as active participants and leaders in their societies.Read More

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