Gender equity matters — even in technology

How can the development community engage the next generation of girls to use technology in imagining the future?

Clare Winterton, vice president for innovation and advocacy at Global Fund, identified that as one challenge that could arise when women and girls are not given equal access to technology. While this may seem as a fringe issue and something that perhaps only “high-achieving U.S. women” would be concerned about, inequitable access to technology prevents women and girls from finding innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.

When given access to technology and free rein to think of creative solutions, women and girls are far more likely to be engaged and contribute to development.