Here you can find a vast array of resources curated or created by Digital Frontiers over the lifetime of the project, activities, and buy-ins
Meet Rosie, a girl who escaped genital mutilation in Tanzania with the help of Humanitarian OpenStreetMaps Team (HOT). Through the WomenConnect Challenge, USAID partnered with HOT to create crowd-sourced maps that helped rescue Rosie and hundreds of other...
This blog is part of the WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Introducing Strategies for Closing the Gender Digital Divide. USAID’s WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) is a global call for solutions to improve women’s participation in everyday life by meaningfully...
Digital technologies are revolutionizing the way we access information, financing, and networks—all critical tools for fully participating in the global economy. Yet, these technologies, most notably internet connectivity and mobile phones, are not reachin...
Launched in 2018 by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and USAID Administrator Mark Green, the WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) is a global call for solutions to improve women’s participation in everyday life by meaningfully changing the ways women and girl...
In many developing countries, ingrained traditional gender roles lead women and men to believe that women are unable or not smart enough to use technology, enforcing a gender digital divide and lack of confidence. Targeted programs have helped women increa...
