India’s internet has a massive gender problem—and it’s holding girls back
Ananya Bhattacharya /
Quartz
Just 29% of all internet users in the country are female, according to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The 42 percentage point “digital gender gap” among internet users in India is far more extreme than the global divide. Across the world, 56% of all internet users were men in 2017, compared to 44% women.