#GAReads | Understanding gender and information inequalities through five women impacted by COVID-19
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“Understanding gender and information inequalities through five women impacted by COVID-19”:
There is nothing like a global lockdown of billions of people to awaken us to the critical importance of digital connectivity and sadly, the digital divide. Things moved fast. From the last days of February, at the Counted and Visible Global conference on Gender and Intersecting Inequalities into full lockdown by mid-March. We were caught off-guard, and for many citizens, businesses and governments, almost helpless.
At that conference, I spoke about access to data and information equality in the digital era through the stories of five women. I now write to share how these five women are experiencing the COVID-19 crisis.