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Bridging the digital gender divide
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Author: After Access
23 Jul
2018

Bridging the digital gender divide

  • July 23, 2018
  • After Access
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Women and girls are nearly 15 percent less likely to be online than men worldwide. But experts say this digital gender divide can be bridged through education, ensuring access and improving skills. Chenai Chair, researcher and communications and evaluations manager at Research ICT Africa’s points at the session are captured in this article by UNHCR..

12 Jun
2018

Digital Work: The Good, the Bad and the Opportunities

The great microwork debate is highly contentious – it’s both a catalyst for employment creation and a mechanism for exploitation. It’s ‘a race to the bottom’ but also a pivotal means for un- and under-employed individuals to enter previously inaccessible labour markets in rich countries. It defies geographical constraints but, conversely, exacerbates geographical biases. As..