Ensuring all women and girls have equitable, affordable access to digital technology spurs economic growth, improves development outcomes, and has the power to lift millions out of poverty.

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💡 From infrastructure challenges to socioeconomic barriers, our report underscores the complexities of digital inclusion. But together, and through inclusive policy actions, we can shape a more connected world. gdip.ngo/3VnOkut

In our new report, we propose four tiers of achievable solutions — and call attention to policymakers, investors, and the ICT sector at large to fast-track meaningful connectivity and inclusive digital development for all.

Read #ConnectedResilience here: gdip.ngo/3VnOkut

Connectivity can be meaningful to people when provided, but it must be universally affordable for the internet to be socially meaningful and for societies to grow. gdip.ngo/43Wxrt3

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We will be in Accra, Ghana next week for Paradigm Initiative (PIN)’s #DRIF2024 - where conversations on digital policy in Africa are shaped, policy directions debated, and partnerships forged for action.

If you’re attending, look out for Onica N. Makwakwa and Maria Rohani.

See you there!

Smartphones enable digital participation, but they remain unaffordable for many around the world and especially in low- and middle-income countries. gdip.ngo/3Pogd1L

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Closing the digital possibilities divide is a moral imperative and an economic necessity. gdip.ngo/43Wxrt3

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NEXT WEEK: Our team will be in Accra, Ghana to talk about the Women in the Digital Economy Fund Women in the Digital Economy Fund at the 2024 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum drif.paradigmhq.org

If you’re attending, look out for Onica N. Makwakwa and Maria Rohani. See you there! #DRIF2024 Paradigm Initiative (PIN)

ICYMI: SubTel Forum Magazine #135, featuring our Good Practices for Subsea Cable Policy by Sonia Jorge, Evelyn Namara, and Tahani, is now out.

Read it here: gdip.ngo/3TmuNI0

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Being unconnected means the closing of possible futures in a young person’s life.

This creates a fundamental injustice in our world and limits the possibilities for billions around the world in terms of the kind and quality of life that they can have. gdip.ngo/43Wxrt3

And ICYMI: Women in the Digital Economy Fund round one funding is open through May 6.

Learn more and apply to get up to $1,500,000 in grants and technical support: widef.global/funding/

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We will be in Accra, Ghana next week for Paradigm Initiative (PIN)’s #DRIF2024 - where conversations on digital policy in Africa are shaped, policy directions debated, and partnerships forged for action.

If you’re attending, look out for Onica N. Makwakwa and Maria Rohani.

See you there!

At the launch of a new Cetic.br NIC.br publication, GDIP Executive Director Sonia Jorge talked about the ‘digital possibilities divide’ and why we must close it to build a better, more inclusive digital future.

Watch it here: youtube.com/live/hnrm5Ruhp…

Today, a third of the global population still remains offline — including many living in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries.

We must accelerate progress on closing the rural-urban digital divide. Support our work and learn more: gdip.ngo/43ISMEA

Looking forward to talking about the gender digital divide and highlighting an opportunity for advancing #digitalequality with the #digitalrights and #digitalinclusion practitioners at #DRIF24 in Ghana Global Digital Inclusion Partnership Women in the Digital Economy Fund

As more of the world comes online, the lives of those left behind with no or limited internet access are excluded from the wave of digital transformation spreading across the globe. gdip.ngo/43Wxrt3

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The digital divide persists, but there’s hope in resilient communities and inclusive policy actions.

Learn more in in our new report, Connected Resilience, published with support from the Internet Society Foundation: gdip.ngo/3VnOkut

What Rebecca Enonchong said! 🎤✊🔥
*mic drop*

Today, a third of the global population still remains offline — including many living in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries, and 63% of Africa! ‼️

We must accelerate progress on closing the digital divide. 🌐

💪 Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender digital inclusion

💻 A new research report by Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, supported by the Internet Society Foundation.

➡️ Full article: isoc.pub/3Q5Sq6V

In case you haven’t read it yet, here’s how policymakers can facilitate subsea cable systems to improve national internet infrastructure and digital inclusion: gdip.ngo/3U1MKMl