<div dir="ltr">Dear Charles,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for emphasising this information that shows the disparity between women and men in internet access and usage. Our work at ISOC to ensure that 'the internet is for everyone' couldn't be more critical now. International days like International Women's Day is a reminder that we need to do even more to close these gaps.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM Charles Mok (gmail) via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Today is March 8, International Women's Day. In her LinkedIn message, our #ISOC CEO Sally Wentworth reminds us that: "ITU statistics show 244 million more men than women using the internet in 2023. And in 2022 only 21 per cent of women used the Internet in low-income countries, compared to 92 percent of women in high-income countries. This needs to change." <br><br>Good reminder about what we as an organization -- including all our chapters -- have been doing, but also about so much work that still remains to be done.<br><br>Girls in Rural Pakistan Are Tackling Inequality Using the Internet<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0aSyRMBrLE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0aSyRMBrLE</a><br><br><br><div>Charles Mok</div><div><br><div><img src="cid:ii_m80kln3g0" alt="Screenshot 2025-03-08 at 11.00.21 AM.png" width="542" height="541"><br></div></div></div>
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