Bridging the mobile gender gap

Registration End Date: 31 Oct 2024

This course helps policymakers understand the size and drivers of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries and provides insights and recommendations on how to improve digital inclusion for women.

Target population

The training is addressed only to regulators, government officials and policy makers in the telecommunications field.

Entry requirements

None. Participants don’t require prior knowledge to take this course.

This course is open to:

• Regulators
• Policymakers
• Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues

Number of available places for the cohort:  100

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define what is the digital gender divide, the scale of the issue, the reasons behind the gender gap in mobile access and use and why it is critically important that action is taken to address it.
• Explain how gender perspectives can be integrated into strategies, policies, plans and budgets so they explicitly address women’s needs, circumstances and preferences;
• Describe how barriers such as affordability, safety and security concerns, literacy and digital skills, access, and the availability of relevant content can be addressed;
• Describe what  governments are doing to improve women’s digital inclusion; and
• Develop an action plan for their own countries to reduce the mobile gender gap.