The Digital Divide is Real—And It’s Sexist

For many, the digital divide is the gap between who has access to broadband infrastructure or who does not. But a truer definition is the gap between who's actually using our most powerful communications tools and who is not. Using this broader measure and examining use around the world, we see that women are being left offline. And this gender gap costs everyone. This week, the Alliance for Affordable Internet, a global coalition working to drive down the cost of internet access in low- and middle-income countries, released The Costs of Exclusion: Economic Consequences of the Digital Gender Gap. The findings are troubling, to say the least.