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Bridging the gender digital divide
May 7 , 2023
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- As per the UNICEF report, worldwide roughly 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access mobile Internet.
- Women are on average 26% less likely than men to have a smartphone.
- In South Asia and Africa these proportions stand at 70% and 34%, respectively.
- The global digital gender divide in Internet usage remained almost unchanged between 2013 and 2017, at about 11%.
- At 15 years of age, on average across OECD countries, only 0.5% of girls wish to become ICT professionals, compared to 5% of boys.
- More women than men completed tertiary education in 2015.
- Only 24% of graduates in engineering, manufacturing and construction were women; the share in ICTs was just 25%.
- By 2020, India’s online user base is estimated to increase from around 120 million in 2015 to more than 300 million.
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