According to the findings of 2019 Mobile Gender Gap Report, Indian women are 26 % less likely than Indian men to own a mobile phone, and 56 % less likely to use mobile Internet.
Key Findings:
In low-and middle-income countries, although, 80 % of women are now mobile owners, women still remain 10 % less likely than men to own a mobile phone, and 23 % less likely than men to use mobile Internet.
In South Asia, the mobile gender gap is widest where women are 28% less likely than men to own a mobile device and 58% less likely to use the mobile Internet.
Indian Scenario:
While 80 % women own mobiles in low- and middle-income countries, it is 59 % among India women. That compares with 80% of Indian men who are mobile owners.
Indian women are 26 % less likely than Indian men to own a mobile phone, and 56 % less likely to use mobile Internet.
Reasons: Affordability, literacy and digital skills, a perceived lack of relevance, and safety and security concerns are the most important barriers to mobile ownership and mobile internet use for women.
Comment: Unequal access to mobile technology threatens to increase the inequalities women already experience.
Economic impact of closing the mobile internet gender gap: Closing the gender gaps is a substantial commercial opportunity for the mobile industry.
Over the next five years, low-and middle-income countries could gain an estimated additional $140 billion in mobile industry revenue if operators could close these gender gaps by 2023.
Closing the mobile gender gap could be an important driver of economic growth. These markets could also add an additional $700 billion in GDP growth by 2023.
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