Judith Mariscal|Gloria Mayne|Urvashi Aneja|Alina Sorgner
Bridging the Gender Digital Gap
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas|Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas|Kiel Institute for the World Economy|John Cabot University|IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
abstract despite headway world experienced last couple years terms substantial increase digital access still significant challenges overcome ensuring women included transformation digital society turn enhance productivity social development efforts increase internet adoption access broadband plans legislative reforms yielded improvements use adoption however still stark pervasive gender inequality terms access ownership digital devices digital fluency well capacity make meaningful use access technology even though affordability key source exclusion also significant sociocultural norms restrict access women paper brings forward argument access alone enough women need agency capacity leverage access authors thus highlight need make assessment global gender gap develop meaningful indicators contribute design implementation effective policies drive adoption need effective promotion womens digital adoption government also private sector civil society order lead digital adoption best practices women around world