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It can refer to women's lack of access to, use of, and professional development in computing work. The gender digital divide has changed throughout history due to social roles, economics, and educational opportunities.
Though digital skills open pathways to further learning and skills development, women are still left behind in digital skills education.
Education systems are increasingly trying to ensure equitable, inclusive, and high-quality digital skills, education, and training.
In many societies, gender equality does not translate into digital realms and professions.
The Internet user gender gap was 20.7 percent in 2013 and up to 37 percent in 2019. The Internet user gender gap was 20.7 percent in 2013 and up to 37 percent in 2019.
Digital skills are recognized to be essential life skills required for full participation in society.
In many societies, gender equality does not translate into gender equality in digital realms and digital professions.
The digital divide has begun at earlier ages as young adults have lived out their childhoods with personal computers. This has made intervention to prevent further gender divides in the digital realm needed in more early education.[1]
History
Early decades of computing saw a much larger presence of women. Acting as programmers during World War II, they held highly valued positions.[2] Womens contributions, however, have been largely obscured due to how the history is told. Focusing on the infrastructure and hardware of digital technologies development has placed men at the forefront of its history.[3] Post war computer manufacturers sought to commercialize the machines and opened up a new form of labor market. This post war market utilized discriminatory criteria measures that women were no longer able to meet due to societal, educational, and labor expectations.[2]
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- ^ Ching, Cynthia (2005). "The Legacy of the Digital Divide: Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Early Exposure as Predictors of Full-Spectrum Technology Use Among Young Adults"". Urban Education. 40 (4): 395–411.
- ^ a b Abbate, Janet (2012). Recoding Gender: Womens Changing Participation in Computing. The MIT Press.
- ^ Smith, Erika (2013). "Recognizing a Collective Inheritance Through the History of Women in Computing". Perdue University Press. 15 (1).