And of those users, a significant percentage is marginally connected - NOT meaningfully connected.

GDIP Executive Director Onica N. Makwakwa will be in Marrakech for the Future of Finance Summit at GITEX AFRICA, where she be speaking at the panel: “Financial Inclusion Starts with Connectivity”.

Register here to join: gdip.ngo/4beN2af

Our small but impactful global team is working to fast-track action, bring internet connectivity to the global majority, and ensure everyone is meaningfully connected by 2030.

Help us get there: gdip.ngo/43ISMEA

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“The internet opened up a world of possibilities for all of us. It is now our chance to choose the possibility of a better, more inclusive digital future.”

Sonia Jorge and Onica N. Makwakwa on the digital possibilities divide and what we can do to close it gdip.ngo/43Wxrt3

Meaningful internet access is crucial, yet the digital divide persists. Our research explores gender and connectivity during the pandemic.

Download the full report and explore key findings + recommendations: gdip.ngo/3VnOkut

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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

Last week at the Women in Tech® Global Global Summit in Paris, Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) hosted a session on women’s participation in the digital economy. bit.ly/4althwn

Our call for action is unequivocal: we need young women and girls’ leadership in the digital age to create the digital future they wish to see and ensure inclusion for all. gdip.ngo/44jlaz2

#GirlsInICT

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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Despite women standing up to formidable challenges to access online content for education, employment, and other opportunities, systemic barriers such as poverty, early marriage, and education level create massive obstacles to women’s digital inclusion. gdip.ngo/3VnOkut

Is your organization mission aligned with ours? Consider supporting and joining our global partnership! #DigitalInclusion #DigitalPossibilities

Our advocacy efforts and on-the-ground work are guided by a set of policy and regulatory practices that have shown to drive down the cost of internet access.

Check it out here: gdip.ngo/45CbNKz

Bridging the gender digital divide is not just a matter of equity but a catalyst for breakthroughs in education, healthcare, economic development, leadership, and more. gdip.ngo/44jlaz2

#GirlsInICT

NEXT WEEK: Sonia Jorge will be in Paris to talk about Women in the Digital Economy Fund at the Women in Tech® Global Global Summit, together with Lauren Grubbs USAID, Cam Tellez Better Than Cash Alliance, Florence Gaudry Perkins Digital Health Partnerships (DHP), and Isabelle Mauro GSOA. gdip.ngo/4b1GkUQ

Journalists who are women are even more vulnerable to violence (online and offline), especially violence + disinformation that uses their gender to discredit and attack them. #WPFD2024 #GenderedDisinformation

Learn how to monitor & record these attacks:
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Don't miss this special event on May 23rd! 📌

We are honoring the contributions of former IAFFE president Naila Kabeer including her iconic book 'Reversed Realities' (1994), which exposed the biases in mainstream development theory and policy.

Don’t forget that this Monday is the application deadline for WiDEF’s first round of funding!

Make sure to submit your application by May 6, 2024, at 11:9 PM EST. widef.global/funding/

A gender review of the Global Digital Compact Zero draft:

apc.org/en/node/39340

#GlobalDigitalCompact #Gender

#CommunityNetworks are an important part of the digital ecosystem to connect the unconnected in a way that is affordable and meaningful. Furthermore they can play a significant role in addressing the emerging #digitalpossibilitiesdivide

Congratulations World Bank Digital Development and Smart Africa Org on this critical development!! 👏🏻 We at Global Digital Inclusion Partnership are ready to support. Boutheina Guermazi Lacina Koné Thelma Quaye Ousmane Diagana