INTERNATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY
THEME: DIGITAL GENERATION. OUR GENERATION
The theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl Child is “Digital Generation. Our Generation.” As the pandemic has made the world sit in front of laptop/mobile screens for learning and earning, around 2.2 billion people around the globe still do not have internet connections.
This has made them being pushed off the margins, especially the girls. On a global level, the gender gap of internet users has jumped from 11 per cent in 2013 to 17 per cent in 2019. For the least developed countries, the percentage marks around 43 percent.
In the age of digital revolution where people are using technology in various ways to learn new skills and earn revenue, women and girls cannot be left behind.
