Topic: Social empowerment
2. What is digital gender gap? The impact of the digital gender gap can be significant and far-reaching and requires concerted efforts to address this complex issue to promote greater gender equality and social progress. Analyse. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Live Mint , Insights on India
Why the question:
According to a Unicef report, as many as 90% of the jobs in the world today have a digital component. These jobs, however, are available only to the digitally able, and to more men than women. According to the report, in developing countries, only 41% of women have access to the internet compared with 53% of men.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about digital gender gap, its impact and ways to address it.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining digital gender gap.
Body:
In the first part, write about the impact of digital gender gap on various parameters of social progress – Economic inequality, Education, Social inequality, Health. Cite statistics to substantiate.
Next, write about the measures that are needed to overcome this digital gender gap in order to bridge the gender gap and social empowerment.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
