Women’s Rights Online; Translating Access into Empowerment
This report explores the real extent of that divide in nine cities across nine
developing countries, in order to gain a better understanding of the
empowering potential of ICTs as a weapon against poverty and gender
inequality, and the barriers that must be overcome to unlock it.
The research reveals a picture of extreme inequalities in digital
empowerment − which seem to parallel wider societal disparities in
information-seeking, voice and civic engagement.
