Gender Digital Divide
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Explores the gender digital divide occurring within society.
Topics of this game:
- What 3 topics need to be addressed in order to close the Gender Digital Gap?
- "A key barrier to women and girls’ digital inclusion is lesser access, compared to men and boys. This includes access to devices, to data, and to networks" (UNICEF, n.d., p. 9).
- Which of the following are Digital Literacy barriers regarding women's digital access?
- What is a factor of online safety that contributes to the Gender Digital Gap?
- A solution to close the gender digital divide includes...
- Particularly in developing countries, men struggle to afford technology and internet access. In addition, stereotypes around technology being ‘for boys’ and fear of being discriminated against stop girls from using digital tools (Plan International, 2020).
- What percent of technology start-ups have a female CEO? (Plan International, 2020).
- Where does the Gender Digital Divide occur?
- The lack of digital access for women will not have an impact on job opportunities.
- What percent of women remain globally unconnected?
- How many girls have left or significantly reduced their use of a social media platform after being harassed?
- There is a new trend called "revenge pornography" where users submit images of victims (without their consent) accompanied by their personal information. Most victims (90%) of “revenge-porn” are female, and many cases of suicide have been triggered by such attacks" (UNICEF, n.d., p. 13).
- In what ways have men affected women's access to technology?
- In which society is the following issue more prominent? Women are targets of online harassment.
- In which society is the following issue more prominent? Men regulate women's technology usage.
- In which society is the following issue more prominent? Men and women do not have financial equality in regards to purchasing technology.
- Boys versus girls (under 18 years old) access to technology is as follows... Information for this question is from UNICEF (n.d., p. 9).
- How does the Gender Digital Divide (GDD) affect the economy? (i.e. how does the lack of female access to technology affect the economy?) (Johnson, 2021).
- What are women's roles and rights in developing countries?
- What are women's roles and rights in Canadian society?
