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Building Blocks for Multi-stakeholder AI Policy Process These ten building blocks were identified across agenda setting, drafting, implementation and

Barriers that keep women and girls offline are costly, especially in developing countries. Ensuring that women and girls have equal access to and use of digital technologies is central to their economic and social empowerment and inclusive economic recovery.

A new study by the Web Foundation investigates the economic cost associated with the barriers preventing women from accessing the internet.

LOW- and lower-middle-income countries, including the Philippines, lost $1 trillion in GDP in the last 10 years due to the gender gap in the digital divide, according to a new study. The study, “The Costs of Exclusion: Economic Consequences of the Digital Gender Gap” conducted by the World Wide Web…

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced telecom operators to expand their data capacities. But only a few people, mainly in urban areas, have benefited from

Omobola Johnson is one of Nigeria's boardroom gurus, defying societal limits and breaking new grounds with remarkable achievements.

Twitter, Google, FB pledge to protect women online Adv. Paris, July 2 (IANS) Tech firms like Twitter, Google, Facebook and TikTok have committed to tackle online abuse and enhance security for women on their respective platforms. The pledge came after consultations with the World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF). “During our consultations on online gender-based violence and abuse, women expressed a need for greater control over who can comment or reply to their posts, as well as more choice over wh...

7 Prominent Women on Why Tech Companies Need to Fight Online Gender-Based Violence Tech companies responded with initiatives to combat digital abuse, but some say it’s not enough. July 2, 2021 During a week when the world has focused on how governments and corporations can support initiatives that uplift women and girls globally at the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), more than 200 distinguished women have signed a letter urging tech companies to fight digital abuse.  Published b...

iTWire Friday, 02 July 2021 10:29 Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter collaborate with Web Foundation to end abuse and violence against women on their platforms Featured Four of the world’s biggest tech platforms have developed a set of commitments that aims to protect women from violence and abuse on their respective platforms. The tech companies also reached out to women who have experienced abuse to take part in developing the policies. Facebook, Google, TikTok, and...