After two weeks of discussion, the 67th Commission on the Status of Women effectively concluded its intense, educational, enlightening, and thought-provoking meetings.
As a representative of UN Women who took part in the UN's largest annual conference on gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls, and their human rights, I found comfort in the concluding remarks and recommendations that set out a roadmap for all parties involved.
When the entire globe is present at high-level conferences like these, it's possible to compare how your country has fared in relation to other nations on the subject at hand.
The celebration of the country's sixty-six years of independence should have included significant accomplishments like widespread access to mobile technology, electricity, and the internet.
Yet, the situation is different since most of our rural villages lack easy access to fundamental social services like drinkable water, hospitals, schools, etc.
"No country can genuinely thrive if half of its population is left behind," commented Justine Greening.
Highlights
The Chairperson, Mathu Joyni, lamented the gender digital divide, particularly among rural women and girls, in her opening remarks at the second plenary session of the United Nations 67th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), which had as its theme "Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls."
"Gender-based discrimination is a persistent issue that has permeated all facets of our social, political, and economic existence."
The technological field is the same.
Although digitalization is promoted as an equalizer of chances, it has neglected to take into account low-income nations' social and technical infrastructure when building technological solutions, she continued.
Hence, Ambassador Joyni urged everyone to place a high priority on helping women and girls develop the necessary digital skills to enable meaningful involvement in the innovation process.
Digital gender divide
In Ghana, 63% of men and 49% of women are more likely to have phones with Internet access, according to data from Afro Barometer, a pan-African, non-partisan, non-profit survey research network that offers trustworthy data on Africans' experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life.
On the other hand, 66% of urban people and 40% of rural residents, respectively, have mobile phones with Internet access.
The results also show that there is relatively limited access to computers.
About 20% of Ghanaians—two out of ten—own computers.
Compared to their contemporaries, 26% of men, 27% of urbanites, and 24% of young people own computers.
Between 2019 and 2022, between 92 and 95 percent of males and between 83 and 90 percent of females held mobile phones.
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