The DEVELOPING WORLD'S WOMEN and GIRLS IN TECHNOLOGY
The developing world’s
women and girls stand on the
cusp of a profound possibility
to improve, and even
transform, their lives. A call to action
Doubling the number of women online within three years is
an eminently achievable goal, but it cannot be done alone.
Capturing that opportunity will require commitments to
action across the private, public and civil society sectors. To help them, stakeholders must put the
Internet within their grasp by making it more accessible,
affordable, convenient, secure, and engaging for them. The
effort will require stakeholders to collaborate and leverage
one another’s strengths.
The following recommendations would address the barriers
to access and increased usage identified in this study.
They are based on existing actions which work well and
could be scaled and replicated, proposals of experts in
gender and ICT, and, in some cases, on the suggestions
of women and girls who participated in our survey. These
recommendations cover a range of interventions from skills
and leadership training, to social empowerment, to research
and data gathering. Success requires recommendations be
tailored to each country context in their implementation,
and is contingent on coordinated and collaborative action
across the public and private sectors.
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