GSMA Study Reveals that the Gender Gap in Mobile Internet Use is Shrinking, Despite the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
PR NewswireJun 17, 2021
South Asia led the global trend, while the gap in mobile ownership persists
LONDON, June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A record number of women in South Asia now use mobile internet services, helping shrink the gender gap to 15% from 19% last year in low- and middle-income countries despite the onset of COVID-19, according to the fourth annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report published today. The gains in South Asia, which had the most significant gender gap i