Digital divide hits women harder in poor countries, UN says
A UN report says 90% of young women and teenage girls in the world’s poorest countries have no access to the internet. – EPA pic, April 27, 2023.
SOME 90% of young women and teenage girls in the world’s poorest countries have no access to the internet, a United Nations report published yesterday said. The lack of access – and disparity between the number of girls and boys offline – poses serious risks that women will be left behind economically in an increasingly digitally connected world, the report from Unicef said.
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