Universal broadband access is the vital catalyst needed to drive global economic recovery and accelerate lackluster progress towards the UN…
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Covid-19 Response: Digital Transformation and Industrial Recovery
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) sees that the “new normal” in the post-pandemic (Covid-19) world will increasingly be…
ITU Report Examines the Impact of ICT on Women in Covid Pandemic
Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints, a new report from ITU and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), highlights…
UN Experts Warn of Closing Digital Space Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
UN human rights experts have warned of increased patterns of closing of digital spaces amid the Covid-19 pandemic. UN Special Rapporteurs*…
New Digital Technologies Increase Racial Inequality: UN Expert
Emerging digital technologies driven by big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are entrenching racial inequality, discrimination, and intolerance, a UN…
Mobile Messages to Inform Billions of People About Coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), are…