Disparities in the access and use of mobile phones between women and men are a reality. There are several reasons, such as that women have less access to literacy, affecting their use of SMS and the Internet. Or, they tend to buy or inherit low-end devices, with limited features and services. Oftentimes these mobile phones are not internet enabled.

EmpoderaTECH is a pedagogical guide for conducting a digital literacy course for adult women in Paraguay.

GSMA research has consistently shown that low levels of basic digital literacy are one of the main barriers to mobile internet adoption. To address this, in 2016 the GSMA Connected Society programme developed the Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT), a set of resources to promote digital literacy, help people use the internet more safely on their mobile and ensure they have the skills required for a digital future.

La pandemia crea la oportunidad de repensar cómo la planificación educativa de emergencia puede incluir a los niños con discapacidad. Algunos países han adaptado las actividades y herramientas de aprendizaje a distancia y en línea para ser accesibles a los estudiantes con discapacidad, especialmente para aquellos con discapacidades visuales o auditivas, promoviendo una educación inclusiva. Este documento recopila ejemplos de la región de formas de asegurar educación inclusiva durante la emergencia sanitaria del Covid-19.

The collection and analysis of data on the access and use of the internet segregated by gender is key to accurately measure both the magnitude and the evolution of the gender gap, and to design policy actions to correct this bias and avoid it in the future. This is even more relevant in the context of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, which has shown the cost of these inequalities, and which may result in a potential widening of gender gaps as a consequence of the resulting economic crisis.

In an interconnected society like the current one, where technological advances are having great impacts on our way of working, learning and interacting, the access and use of information and communication technologies (ICT), such as the internet and mobile telephony, are key to expanding people's opportunities. But do men and women access these technologies equally? And once they have access, how do women and men use these technologies?

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are not the same for everyone and affect people in different ways. From data collected in China, Korea and Italy, it was observed that the fatality rate of the virus is considerably higher among those over 60 years of age. And it seems that young people are mostly asymptomatic. The specific context in which they live and the risks faced by some populations require a differential approach.

Rhizomatica aims to increase access to mobile telecommunications for communities that need or want to build and maintain their own autonomous infrastructure, and due to their economic situation cannot access these services. It creates technologies that reinforce community values such as cooperation, trust, and shared commitment. In today's world, technology is a vehicle for introducing market logic and atomization into the developing world.