include, upskill, innovate
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Borgonovi, Francesca
- Creator
- Centurelli, Raffaella
- Creator
- Dernis, Hélène
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- arbeidsparticipatie, inclusie, technologie, ICT, internationaal, brochure (vorm)
- Description
- This brochure presents the key messages of a report concerning the advancement of the '2017 G20 roadmap for digitalisation: policies for a digital future', in particular the support of equal participation of women in the digital economy. It provides policy directions for governments by analyzing the root of the digital gender divide. .First it identifies the causes and effects of womens and girls' digital gaps through three areas of policy action: include, upskill and innovate. It focuses on issues concerning hurdles to access, affordability, lack of education, lower educational enrolment in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and ICT disciplines, limited use of digital tool, payment and glass ceiling. Then it describes the role of policy in narrowing these digital and gender gaps.