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There’s a Gender Gap in Internet Usage. Closing It Would Open Up Opportunities for Everyone

Harvard Business Review

Facebook, Google, and Apple have 17%, 19% and 23% women in their technology staffs, respectively. The International Telecommunications Union reports that the proportion of women using the internet is 12% lower than the proportion of men; this gender gap widens to 32.9% michael suriano/unsplash. in the least developed countries.

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Digital Fairness vs. Facebook’s Dream of World Domination

Harvard Business Review

According to a McKinsey & Company study India’s biggest barriers to internet adoption are primarily in the areas of internet access capabilities and awareness of the internet itself. Only 19.2% Meanwhile, China’s e-commerce market is 80 times as large. according to a WSJ/VentureSource analysis.