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Going DigitALL: Women’s Empowerment through Digitalization
Women have been defying societal challenges as they champion gender equality and empowerment. However, as we traverse the digital age, women’s rights and safety are still undermined and even compromised.
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Event type: Conferences, meetings, symposiums
Start date: 09 March 2024 | Start time: 13:15 UTC +00:00
End date: 09 March 2024 | End time: 14:30 UTC +00:00
Location:
UN Headquarters,
New York
Event description
Date and time: Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:15-2:30 pm
Location: New York, UN Headquarters, Room C-6
Women have been defying societal challenges as they champion gender equality and empowerment. However, as we traverse the digital age, women’s rights and safety are still undermined and even compromised.
Many governments have undertaken digital transformation in the hopes of alleviating poverty with the use of available technology. Transitioning to e-governance aims to make transactions with the government easier, more efficient and transparent, and for government services to be more accessible and inclusive through digital platforms.
Through a gender perspective, societies need to take a closer look at whether digital transformation in government systems and processes indeed contributes in reinforcing institutions to promote gender equality while making resources, both public and private, available for programs that uplift the lives and welfare of women and girls.
This side event aims to discuss:
- Existing legal frameworks on gender financing, its successes, and challenges in the context of e-governance;
- Global digitalization as a strategic approach to strengthening institutions and ensuring gender-responsive budgeting in addressing the challenges amongst women; and
- Opportunities for improvement to accelerate poverty alleviation, especially through digital transformation, while recognizing the different intersections of inequality.