Gender gap in mobile internet use shrinking: GSMA LONDON, 15 hours, 3 minutes ago A record number of women in South Asia now use mobile internet services, helping shrink the gender gap to 15% from 19% last year in low- and middle-income countries despite the onset of Covid-19, said the GSMA in a new report. The gains in South Asia, which had the most significant gender gap in 2019 with women 50% less likely than men to use mobile internet, masked the stagnation in other regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the fourth annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report . Women in both regions now face a similar gender gap in mobile internet use – 37% in Sub-Saharan Africa and 36% in South Asia.