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Gender gap in mobile and internet usage in India as per GSMA report

The gap is 3% lower than the previous year, driven largely by closure in the mobile internet gender gap in India

Gender gap in mobile and internet usage in India as per GSMA report
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Romita Majumdar
The GSMA Mobile Gender Gap report 2019 noted a mobile internet gender gap of 23 per cent across low to middle income countries, i.e. 23 per cent fewer women have access to the technology. 

The gap is 3 per cent lower than the previous year, driven largely by closure in the mobile internet gender gap in India, where changing market dynamics have made mobile internet more affordable. The report studies the gender gap in access to mobile technology globally. 

The GSMA’s Mobile Connectivity Index, which tracks countries’ progress on key enablers of mobile internet access and use, shows a 26 percentage point

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