- Digital inclusion
- English
- Tracy Tuplin
- Shivangi Shrivastava
Introductory
Description
By completing this course, you will be able to better understand how to achieve gender equality in the digital sector, and how gender analysis can be used as a tool to contribute towards project, program and global goals towards gender equality results. Research reveals that despite unprecedented advances in digital technologies, women worldwide face unique barriers preventing them from fully benefiting from the digital sector at large. The problem is that the digital sector is an area where gender analysis has been less widely used than in other sectors, leading to gender inequalities. This is a cause for significant issues of concern since digital platforms, mobile phones, and digital financial services, amongst ot hers, are widely used and provide unique opportunities for women's economic empowerment, improved health and well-being, and political participation. Digital technologies have the potential to contribute to achieving gender equality as long as digital inclusion is given a priority. This course will train participants on how to practically plan for and implement gender analysis in the digital sector in order to promote gender equality results and inclusive digital technologies in and beyond the UN system. This training course was developed in collaboration with UN Women. For more information you can reach out to gender.analysis.ecourse@itu.int and shivangi.shrivastava[at]unwomen.org
Government, civil society, UN, and other professionals looking to incorporate gender in their work.
No prior knowledge or qualifications are required. Some subject matter awareness beneficial.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe what gender analysis is and what it means to advance gender equality and inclusion in the digital sector;
- Accurately analyze and interpret the needs of different genders in terms of access to, and the benefits of, digital technologies;
- Apply the correct approach/techniques/principles in performing the gender analysis in real-life situations; and
- Explain and advise others (e.g., colleagues) on how to develop and implement recommendations that promote gender equality in their work.
In the e-learning content, various approaches will be found, from summaries, low-interaction learning and reflection parts to more interactive exercises, case studies. All of the work will be individually completable online. Usually it takes 3 hours to complete this course.
Built-in exercises for practice are used as a self-knowledge check.
Multiple choice quizzes at the end of each module and one final quiz are used to assess knowledge.
Total score higher than 80% on the quizzes is required to obtain the ITU digital badge.