Bridging the digital gender divide
Bridging the digital gender divide
Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.
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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions.
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Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
Include, upskill, innovate
This report presents the outcomes and findings of a multifaceted approach integrating complementary work,
articulated around the following key areas of analysis:
1. The gender divide and digital technologies, providing an overview of the gender divide in access, uptake
and usage of technological tools and the extent of digital financial inclusion worldwide, in particular
regarding the use of ICT and digital platforms, mobile phones and digital payments by women.
2. Leapfrogging opportunities for reducing the gender gap, discussing some of the many opportunities that
digital technologies offer for narrowing the digital gender divide.
3. Skills for the digital era, discussing how the pervasiveness of digital technologies changes the way
individuals access and elaborate knowledge, understand and interact with the reality around them, and
whether women and girls possess the (set of) skills allowing for a deeper understanding and meaningful
use of digital technologies. The objective should be to equip women and girls with the skills needed to
thrive in the digital era.
4. Jobs and skills in the digital transformation, shedding light on whether women are equipped with the skills
needed to navigate the world of work in the digital economy; analysing the returns to skills, in terms of
wages, for men and women in digital and less digital intensive sectors; and discussing how digital platforms
can be leveraged to boost women's labour force participation and help achieve the G20 “25 by 25” goal.
5. Women and innovation, proposing a first-time analysis of the participation of women in innovation
activities and output at the core of the digital transformation, i.e. both technological developments and
open-source software. This section also includes an analysis of tech entrepreneurial activity as reflected in
VC activity.
6. Learning from experience, presenting existing national practices for economic empowerment of women,
drawing on a stocktaking exercise of national initiatives.
7. Bridging the digital gender divide: the role of policy, synthesising the main policy implications of the
overall analysis and identifying possible policy directions for consideration by G20 governments.
