In an age when digital by design is increasingly digital by default, nearly three billion people have never used the internet. The cost of this gap to society and the economy are tremendous and disproportionately borne by women and girls. Closing the gender digital divide alone would generate an estimated $524B in economic activity by 2025. CARE is working with partners including the Mastercard and the GSMA to close the gender digital divide, promote women’s economic empowerment, energize the digital economy and pursue that growth. Please join CARE and Concordia for a 60-minute webinar on July 25 to consider how the private sector, in partnership with NGOs, is effectively advancing digital inclusion and what still needs to happen.

Speakers, including Claire Sibthorpe, Head of Digital Inclusion in the Mobile for Development (M4D) team at the GSMA; Payal Dalal, Executive Vice President, Global Programs, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and Hela Gharbi, CARE’s Country Director in Rwanda; will share insights on who they are working with, what is working and where the private sector can play the biggest role in advancing progress. Speakers will highlight the innovative partnerships they are forming to ensure digital access for marginalized communities and best practices in forging partnerships to address this critical issue. The panel will be moderated by Christian Pennotti, Senior Director at CARE and lead on the Women in the Digital Economy Fund, a $63M White House-led public/private partnership between USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Register today to gain insight into how your company can contribute and benefit from joining the effort to close the gender digital divide.

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