Community of Practice

The Women in the Digital Economy Community of Practice (Community of Practice) launched in March 2024 during the 68th Commission on the Status of Women. It brings together the partners of the Women in the Digital Economy Initiative and key stakeholders engaged in closing the Gender Digital Divide.

The Community of Practice aims to support and grow partnerships, to foster knowledge-sharing and to advance greater collaboration and coordination among stakeholders.

The Community of Practice is a collaborative project between USAID and ITU under EQUALS, the Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age.

Benefits

Members of the Community of Practice are part of a global community of diverse stakeholders and potential partners that includes donors, private sector companies and practitioners.

Through the Community of Practice, members have the opportunity to:

Learn and share their insights, including proven, evidence-based solutions, related to closing the Gender Digital Divide and to receive regular updates on key takeaways and learnings from WiDEF-funded projects.
Drive the agenda for and help accelerate progress towards closure of the Gender Digital Divide.

Drive the agenda for and help accelerate progress towards closure of the Gender Digital Divide.
Increase their ability to advance proven, evidence-based solutions through partnership opportunities vetted by WiDEF’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) approach.
Increase their ability to advance proven, evidence-based solutions through partnership opportunities vetted by WiDEF’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) approach.

Fun Facts

The Community of Practice convenes its members primarily virtually with at least one annual in-person meeting.

The Community of Practice includes a diverse set of global stakeholders working across different sectors and in various capacities to close the Gender Digital Divide.

How to join the Community of Practice

Organizations interested in joining the Community of Practice can send an email to genderdigital@usaid.gov with the subject line “Request to learn more and join the CoP”

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FAQs

No. Being a member of the CoP does not guarantee WiDEF or any other funding. Please see the Benefits section above for more information.

Yes. Members of the Community of Practice automatically have access to EQUALS – a growing global network of more than 100 partners, including governments, companies and NGOs, working to close the Gender Digital Divide.

Please visit the EQUALS website to learn more about its different partners, projects, and awards.

Assign a point of contact to represent your organization in the Community of Practice
Share periodic updates and data about past, ongoing or future efforts to close the Gender Digital Divide
Engage in partnership/matchmaking activities
Help disseminate Requests for Applications (RFAs) published on the WiDEF website to organizations that qualify and are interested in receiving USG grant funding.