Internet access and use can be life changing, enabling people to stay connected and get information and services from anywhere. However, 2.6 billion people are still offline, and the majority are women.

CARE, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP), and GSMA Foundation together as the managing consortium for the Women in the Digital Economy Fund launched its second round of innovation support, which seeks to provide selected private sector companies with bespoke technical assistance to scale solutions that advance efforts to close the gender digital divide.

Watch the full recording below.

View the WiDEF Technical Assistance Round presentation here.

For more information on the technical assistance round, attend one of the upcoming webinars on 31st July:

• Webinar for Asia (10 AM Bangladesh Standard Time) UTC+6
• Webinar for Africa (10 AM East Africa Time) UTC+3
• Webinar for Americas (10 AM Eastern Standard Time) UTC-5

Submit your application online by 12th September at 11:59 pm BST.

About WiDEF

The Women in the Digital Economy Fund is a joint effort between USAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate progress on closing the gender digital divide. WiDEF supports and funds programs that advance digital access and affordability, develop relevant products and tools, provide digital literacy and skills training, promote online safety and security, and invest in sex-disaggregated data and research. It supports, wherever possible, women-led, feminist, and gender-transformational solutions, products, and tools. WiDEF is managed by the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP), the GSMA Foundation, and CARE.