Digital Divide Infographic

How did COVID-19 Impact the Digital Divide?

The Digital Divide

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In the Present Day

Solutions

What is it?

The Digital Divide affects populations worldwide. Some groups, such as minorities, women, and children, are even more likely to be impacted by this global issue

What are some of the ways we can close the gap in digital equality?

The Solutions

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Fast Facts About the Digital Divide

Different Types of Digital Divison

In 2019,

Universal

Social

Gender

only 55% of households in the world had access to the internet

41%

of the digitally active population comes from the u.s and canada

In Least Developed Countries

3 billion

According to the International Telecommunication Union, Only 19% of women are using the internet as compared to the 31% of men

people worldwide are offline

19%

2/3

of the world's children in schools do not have internet access at home

The Other Impacts of the Digital Divide

13%

Society

Economy

Education

Of U.S workers have no skills within digital technology

37%

Bottom Line

of urban households do not have access to a computer

The benefits that come with creating a bridge between the digital divide significantly outweight the costs, both economically and accountingly. Access to technology in the present day is a human right, and depriving societies of that right will ultimately make the division in global knowledge larger than it is today.