State of Digital Inequity: Civil Society Perspectives on Barriers to Progress in our Digitizing World
Digital Equity is a state in which all individuals have the digital access, tools, and skills they need to operate in our digital society. Connect Humanity has developed a Digital Equity Framework with five broad elements: Infrastructure, Affordability, Digital Skills, Policy, and Content. Each element is necessary to overcome the various digital divides that continue to prevent billions of people from being able to fully participate in our digital world. Only when people have the infrastructure that enables high-speed, affordable access, the tools and skills to take advantage of it, policies that ensure they are safe online, and content that is relevant to their needs, can we fully realize the power of the internet. This report uses the Digital Equity Framework to structure the discussion, starting with a general section on digital equity and inclusion.
