A gender digital divide has been recognised since the 1990s. It’s old news that there are gaps when it comes to women being able to easily, safely and affordably access technology. There are statistics, research evidence and anecdotal stories that support this. Although some efforts have been made to address this access gap, there is still a persistent and evident gender digital divide.
So what we need is a deeper exploration and an honest, collaborative excavation of this gender access gap in order to understand and upfront the challenges, intersectionalities and barriers. This is what the pre-event hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Rights Programme (APC WRP) called “Unboxing Gender and Access”, at the 2015 Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF2015) set out to interrogate.
Read the full article in GenderIT.org .