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Connected Resilence: Gendered Experiences of Meaningful Connectivity through a Global Pandemic
Meaningful connectivity for women is no longer a peripheral development issue. It is a core economic, social, and political imperative. Achieving it requires coordinated action across infrastructure investment, affordability, skills development, digital safety, and inclusive governance.
This report outlines concrete policy pathways - ranging from national digital gender strategies and improved data systems to community-led approaches and scalable institutional reforms, that can accelerate progress. Centering women’s lived experiences, leadership, and safety is essential to ensuring that digital transformation delivers on its promise of inclusion, opportunity, and shared prosperity.
This report was produced by the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, under the direction and authorship of Sonia Jorge & Ingrid Brudvig. It further benefited from contributions from Jessica Brown and Onica N. Makwakwa.
Qualitative and ethnographic data collection was carried out by country research experts with Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) research tools, including: APNIC Foundation (Cambodia), Women in Digital (Bangladesh), Sulá Batsú (El Salvador), Media Foundation for West Africa (Ghana), ICT Watch (Indonesia), Digital Rights Foundation (Pakistan), Zuri Foundation (South Africa), Women of Uganda Network (Uganda).