Handbook on mainstreaming gender in digital policies
Geneva: ITU (2023), viii, 67 pp.
"The Handbook is a first-of-its-kind guide that gives insights into how we can best support policy-making processes that advocate gender equality. It illustrates the concrete actions that policy-makers can take and offers an actionable checklist that supports the process of gender-equal policy-making, from gathering data and conducting research to measuring impact. If the world is to achieve gender-equal digital inclusion in the future digital economy, Internet policies and strategies must enable an explicit focus on gender equality. This also means strengthening institutions and innovative policies that promote digital gender equality. This Handbook serves as an important tool to help us develop policies and solutions and puts gender equality at the centre, rather than on the side-lines, of policy-making. Bridging the gender digital divide – in all its complexity and variability throughout the world – is essential work for all of us involved in building the global technological infrastructure. The digital future belongs to all of us, regardless of gender." (Foreword)
1 Introduction, 1
2 Selected challenges faced by women in the digital space, 7
Access to digital technology -- Access to digital skills -- Financial inclusion -- Entrepreneurship and leadership -- Access to infrastructure and digital services
3 Informing women overcome challenges in different regions, 15
Africa -- Americas -- Arab States -- Asia and the Pacific -- Commonwealth of Independent States -- Europe -- Focus on least developed countries
4 Setup for gender mainstreaming: institutions, coordination and national strategies, 36
Government institutions in charge of ICT -- Institutionalized coordination between digital policies and gender -- Alignment with national strategies
5 Lessons learned, conclusion, check-list and way forward, 41
Annex 1: Methodology for assessing policy documents and regulations, 46
Annex 2: Information about practices per region, 47
2 Selected challenges faced by women in the digital space, 7
Access to digital technology -- Access to digital skills -- Financial inclusion -- Entrepreneurship and leadership -- Access to infrastructure and digital services
3 Informing women overcome challenges in different regions, 15
Africa -- Americas -- Arab States -- Asia and the Pacific -- Commonwealth of Independent States -- Europe -- Focus on least developed countries
4 Setup for gender mainstreaming: institutions, coordination and national strategies, 36
Government institutions in charge of ICT -- Institutionalized coordination between digital policies and gender -- Alignment with national strategies
5 Lessons learned, conclusion, check-list and way forward, 41
Annex 1: Methodology for assessing policy documents and regulations, 46
Annex 2: Information about practices per region, 47
