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Men Outnumber Woman Online By 200 Million

About 200 million fewer female internet users when compared male users, and the gap could grow to 350 million by 2016, if no action is taken, according to a new report from the United Nation Commission's Broadband Commission Working Group on Broadband and Gender. The latest study, 'Doubling Digital Opportunities: Enhancing the Inclusion of Women & Girls in the Information Society,' revealed that globally, women are going online later and more slowly compared to men, leading to a 'significant and pervasive' 'tech gap' in accessing information and communication technologies.

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