Connecting Women in Latin America: The Road Ahead (CSW67 side event)
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This side event will underscore the importance of reducing the digital gender divide and its effects on the other correlating gaps affecting women and girls.
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It will bring together Ministers and high-level representatives of international organizations and the private sector to discuss how to build a digital ecosystem in which women enjoy equal opportunities and have the skills to fully participate and benefit from it.
It will bring together Ministers and high-level representatives of international organizations and the private sector to discuss how to build a digital ecosystem in which women enjoy equal opportunities and have the skills to fully participate and benefit from it.
It will also analyze both the opportunities and challenges of internet access and use and digital skills training to identify recommendations on how to improve gender equality in both public and private digital policies and investments.
To highlight the reality of many low-income women entrepreneurs, Julia Sandoval, a Panamanian restaurant owner supported by BBVAMF, has been invited to share, on behalf of millions of women, her powerful narrative on her challenges as a woman living under vulnerable conditions and how gaining access to digital services has been transformational for their social and economic success.
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