Five steps on the path to digital equality

ICT policies must be gender-responsive and must work to address women’s access issues, as well as issues around digital skills, online safety, and online empowerment. At the same time, these policies and programmes must recognise that women are not a homogeneous group (i.e., digital inequalities may adversely affect certain women more than others), and must implement a human rights-based approach to policy-making. Failure to focus on tackling barriers faced by women will result in policies that continue to exclude half the population.

As the digital gender gap grows, so too does the urgency with which we need to put these policies into action. Many of the barriers to connectivity and women’s rights online are the result of policy failure. Governments, private sector and civil society alike must work together and take action to maximise the benefits of the internet and emerging digital technologies for all people.

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