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Hello Indigenous: A Blueprint on the Preservation of Endangered Indigenous Languages Through Digital Inclusion;Hello indígenas: Um modelo de projeto de inclusão digital para preservação de línguas indígenas ameaçadas
Jaguariúna: Motorola Mobility (2023), 33 pp.
"This document is a detailed report of best practices for the digital inclusion of speakers of endangered Indigenous languages. The proclamation of the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), as per Resolution A/RES/74/135 from United Nation
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The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023
Deep Insights
"1. More women in low- and middle-income countries are using mobile internet than ever before, but their rate of adoption has slowed for the second year in a row. While 61% of women across these countries now use mobile internet, only 60 million women started using mobile internet in 2022 compared t
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Why Addressing Digital Inequality Should be a Priority
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 89, issue 3, e12255 (2023), 12 pp.
"This article addresses the multifaceted and far-reaching implications of digital inequality (DI), drawing upon emerging trends and examples. The aim is to sensitize policymakers, practitioners, and academics to issues surrounding DI and foster a common and deeper understanding among relevant stakeh
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Monitoring Digital Education Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Buenos Aires: UNESCO IIEP Office for Latin America (2023), 8 pp.
"This article offers a brief introduction to digital education policy monitoring. The information is organized into four major interrelated analytical axes: digital inclusion policies; digital policies to enhance the quality of learning; policies focused on students learning digital skills; and poli
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Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not
Deep Insights
Afrobarometer (2022), 22 pp.
"Afrobarometer finds that most Africans own a mobile phone and have access to a mobile phone network. However, fewer than half own a mobile phone with Internet access, and even fewer have access to a computer. This translates to low levels of Internet use in many countries. Lack of Internet access a
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Handbook of Digital Inequality
Cheltenham; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2022), xii, 386 pp.
"International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to geography and infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age, income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how variations em
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Inclusion, Not Just an Add-On
Kampala: Pollicy (2022), 25 pp.
"This guide was created to drive conversations within technology entities to reconsider and reconceptualize how they approach inclusive design practices. Historically, inclusion has been a “nice-to-have” add-on within digital platforms, and as such, discriminates against and excludes a large pro
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HF Radio: Guide for Facilitators and Community Installers
Philadelphia: Rhizomatica Communications (2022), 24 pp.
"The purpose of this guide is to share the basics of installing a solar-powered HF radio station. For some years now, Rhizomatica has been working to “modernize” HF technology, allowing the transmission and reception of digital information. HF technology offers many advantages for autonomous com
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Advancing Meaningful Connectivity: Towards Active and Participatory Digital Societies
Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); World Wide Web Foundation (2022), 27 pp.
"This report advances the Meaningful Connectivity framework as a way to support more inclusive societies and strengthen digital economies. It measures the gap in the number of people with just basic internet access and those with meaningful connectivity and examines what this digital divide means fo
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COVID-19, Digital Substitutional and Intersectional Inequality: The Case of South Africa
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 54 pp.
"This study analyses the impacts of COVID-19 and its associated public policy responses on digital and intersectional inequality in South Africa from a demand-side perspective. The overarching research question it seeks to address is: To what extent were people in South Africa able to mitigate the n
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Inclusive by Design: Accelerating Digital Transformation for the Global Goals. 10 Practices to Boost Digital Transformation at the Country Level
New York: UNDP (2022), 31 pp.
"Digital transformation must be made more inclusive if it is to contribute to realizing the SDGs. Deeper, fairer and inclusive digital transformation means that countries will enjoy important economic and social benefits, thus unlocking new opportunities, supporting economic growth, reducing poverty
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Tseltal and Zapoteco Shared Networks: The Paths Towards a Pluriversal Internet
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (2022), 23 pp.
"Fernanda R. Rosa explores the Indigenous networks, principles, and practices of internet infrastructure building and sharing in Tseltal and Zapoteco sovereign territories in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. More specifically, she uses the concept of shared networks to examine “the first mile signal-sh
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Why Aren’t Women Part of the Conversation? A Study of the Gender Gap in Social Media Use in India, its Causes and the Implications for Women’s Empowerment
Deep Insights
BBC Media Action (2022), 12 pp.
"This report summarises learnings from BBC Media Action’s landscaping study of the gendered dimensions of social media access and use in India. It addresses 10 questions that have implications for designing digital solutions for women’s empowerment in India." (Page 2)
"The digital divide is not a problem the market alone will solve. We need to do things differently. Globally there is a growing movement of community connectivity providers — including community networks, municipal networks, cooperatives, and social enterprises — connecting underserved communiti
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Digital Justice: A Study and Action Guide
Key Guides
Toronto; Geneva: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); World Council of Churches (WCC) (2022), 51 pp.
"This compact, accessible guide unpacks a number of key digital justice issues and looks at how digital communication impacts marginalized peoples and groups. Case studies, facts and figures, discussion questions, and suggested readings offer tools for reflection and action. For use by individuals o
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Resultados del “estudio exploratorio sobre brechas digitales de género en población adolescente en Perú”: Resumen ejecutivo
UNICEF (2022), 22 pp.
"En el Perú existen alrededor de nueve millones de adolescentes entre 12 y 17 años. De este grupo, se estima que el 92.9 % hace uso de internet para socializar, informarse, desarrollar pasatiempos y asistir a clases durante la pandemia. Según las estadísticas oficiales, la población de adolesce
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Making Internet-Enabled Phones More Affordable in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
London: GSMA (2022), 43 pp.
"This report provides an overview of approaches and business models that are improving the affordability of handsets for various underserved populations in LMICs. It explores some of the nuances among these groups, considerations for meeting their different needs and variations between markets in Su
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HF rádio: Guia para facilitadores comunitários
Philadelphia: Rhizomatica Communications (2022), 24 pp.
