WomenKonnect

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide through WomenKonnect

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are becoming widely accepted as integral means for transforming the path of development. As envisaged in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the importance of harnessing information and communication technologies for poverty eradication cannot be overemphasized. Yet, as statistics describing the growing digital divide demonstrate, women and girls are at particular risk for exclusion from opportunities presented by ICT to secure better livelihoods and other rights.

The particular opportunities presented by ICT as means to foster women's economic security and rights in Africa, while being tested on a small scale in the region, remain largely untapped. Constraints of infrastructure, cost and content as well as gender biases in the use and development of ICT constitute significant barriers to use for most individual entrepreneurs or micro- enterprises.

Equinox ICT Solutions has a commitment to bridge the wide Gender gap in the use of ICTs through WomenKonnect.

Objectives of WomenKonnect

ICT Training For Women