A newly released report from the United Nations’ Broadband Commission Working Group on Broadband and Gender has found that there are 200 million fewer women who have access to the Internet.
The study indicated that male dominance of the Internet could continue to grow. It projected that there could be as much as 350 million less women online than men by 2016.
“This new report provides an overview of opportunities for advancing women’s empowerment, gender equality and inclusion in an era of rapid technological transformation,” Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, said in a September 21 release.
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