[Live] 12STREAMS #1 – Closing the digital gender gap: The role of socio-cultural factors

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Yes, it's that time of year again! And we are going Ladies First with this
UN session you might have missed.

[image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gendergap>Today,
*Thursday December 24 2019*, at *7pm EST* (00:00 UTC,n the first
installment of the* Internet Society Livestreaming
<https://isoc.live>*'s  '*12
Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/tag/12-streams/>*' annual highlights, we
feature '*The role of socio-cultural factors in closing the digital gender
gap <http://bit.ly/354O9GE>*' - a session at UN HQ in NYC on 13 December
2019.

The* latest statistics
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/facts/default.aspx>* show
that the proportion of women using the Internet globally is 48 per cent,
compared to 58 per cent of men. In relative terms, this means that the
global Internet user gap is 17 per cent. In developing countries, the
digital gender divide is wider and growing faster, partly due to
sociocultural issues such as gender stereotypes, and family and community
views on access to, and use of, technology by women and girls. This
meeting, under the umbrella of the *EQUALS Global Partnership
<http://www.equals.org/>*, brought together proponents of a *number of
remedial initiatives <http://www.equals.org/actionmap>*.

SPEAKERS: *Revi Sterling*, Director, USAID W-GDP, WomenConnect; *Lisa Autz*,
Development Officer, Pro Mujer; *Diana Spehar*, Advocacy Manager – Connect
Women, GSMA; *Ingrid Sanchez Tapia*, Education Specialist – Gender Equality
and Secondary Education, UNICEF; *Dan Seymour*, Director for UN Women’s
Strategic Partnership Division. Moderator: *Ursula Wynhoven*, ITU
Representative to the United Nations, New York.

*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gendergap
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gendergap>*

*ORIGINAL STREAM: UN Web TV http://bit.ly/2tU5Ons <http://bit.ly/2tU5Ons> |
YouTube https://youtu.be/e0xJV9EtBDM <https://youtu.be/e0xJV9EtBDM>*

*TWITTER: #12Streams #gendergap #digitaldivide http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J
<http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J>*

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