Digital Divide
The digital divide refers to the gap between those able to benefit from the digital age and those who are not. The concern is that people without access to the Internet and other information and communication technologies will be disadvantaged, as they are unable or less able to obtain digital information, shop online, participate democratically, or learn skills and offer skills. This resulted in programs to give computers and related services to people without access. Since the 1990s, a potent global movement, including a series of intergovernmental summit meetings, were conducted to "close the digital divide". Since then, this movement …
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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 August 2024 English
A study by Martin Sas, KU Leuven, Centre for IT & IP Law, Leuven, Belgium Jan Tobias Mühlberg, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ecole Polytechnique,Brussels, Belgium
disadvantaged groups of society, likely widen the digital divide and lead to further exclusion. Promising privacy-preserving …
CSEA: Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa · 23 April 2024 English
● Knowledge and skills gap: Inadequate data literacy and awareness hinder the ability to harness data effectively, limiting the potential for innovation and progress. [...] ● Strengthen data infrastructure: Develop …
down the data divide and its implications The digital divide has birthed a data divide, creating a stark …
SPF: Sasakawa Peace Fondation · 18 April 2024 English
Unfortunately, persistent gender gaps in digital access and literacy, STEM education, and biased algorithms based on historic exclusions of women in the data perpetuate outdated gender stereotypes and the exclusion …
gap in access to digital technologies (i.e., digital divide)?”, indicating that there may have been uncertainty … "Digital Empowerment'; 2023 India – "Gender Digital Divide”. xi G20 Germany Presidency (2017) Women20 …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 18 April 2024 English
Young people represent a sizeable and vital population in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). For them, digital technologies are more than just tools; they are gateways to new horizons. Digital …
org/nea-today/all-news-articles/homework-gap-cruelest-part-digital-divide 10. For example, the UNCTAD Frontier Technology … perspectives expressed by young people. The ‘digital divide’ remains a potent policy and practical concern …
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English
It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …
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EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 April 2024 English
A key function of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to serve for its members as a forum for the negotiation of global trade rules. However, since the WTO's foundation …
have long claimed that, adding to the growing digital divide between developed and developing countries …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 April 2024 English
Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni are invited to the 15th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation. The previous RRD took place on …
improve waste collection and those reducing the digital divide, as well as progress with investment projects …
The South Centre · 17 April 2024 English
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laws are too restrictive and limit bridge the digital divide and to develop knowledge access to information …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English
A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …
and Industrial Development?” The WIPO Journal Digital Divide: The Rise of Data Realms and its Implications …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 16 April 2024 English
The HIV and Health Annual Report showcases the progress made in the face of profound global turbulence at the halfway mark to Agenda 2030. Accelerating action on the Sustainable Development …
progress across multiple SDGs. Bridging the digital divide is essential to advance equity and build more …
