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GENDER, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA - “INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, AND EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE FOR ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS”
This background paper aims to inform policy and processes that place African women and girls at the centre of change in tech and innovation and the inevitable transformation to Africa’s development. After all, a digital economy without the full participation of women cannot scale to reach its potential because digital inclusion is not only good policy - but it also is good economics.
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Bibliographic information
Geographic coverage:
Africa
Subject areas:
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Generation Equality
Innovation and technology
Resource type(s):
Good practices
UN Women office publishing:
East and Southern Africa Regional Office
Publication year
2023
Number of pages
26
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)