The report is based on a survey of 7,500+ civil society organizations (CSOs) from 136 countries who answered questions about the barriers that they, and the communities they serve, face when it comes to digital equity.
Connect Humanity published the State of Digital Inequity Report in partnership with TechSoup. Digital Equity is a state in which all individuals have the digital access, tools, and skills they need to operate in our digital society. Yet half of humanity is without adequate internet access, leaving billions of people excluded from rights and opportunities to learn and to earn, to access healthcare, online banking and government services, to build community and to make their voice heard. This unconnected half are overwhelmingly our most vulnerable, most marginalized communities — people that civil society organizations seek to serve. To advance digital equity, we must better understand the digital barriers that civil society organizations and the people they serve face. That’s why, in 2023, Connect Humanity published the State of Digital Inequity Report in partnership with TechSoup. The report is based on a survey of 7,500+ civil society organizations (CSOs) from 136 countries who answered questions about the barriers that they, and the communities they serve, face when it comes to digital equity. Data was collected across the five elements of Connect Humanity's Digital Equity Framework: Infrastructure & Access Affordability Digital Skills Policy Content.
The Digital Trade Alliance is a collaborative effort of digital rights and consumer groups assembled in 2018. The Alliance model provides effective advice and expertise to us in order to structure the transnational debate on digital trade.
Data Zetu (“Our Data” in Swahili) aims to empower communities to make better, more evidence-based decisions to improve their lives.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organisations and self-help resources.
A commitment to make digital technologies work for, not against, democracy and human rights. It underlines the joint responsibility of governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technology companies to develop and use digital technologies to the benefit of democracy and human rights.