Sonia Jorge

GDIP welcomes new team members as we scale up WiDEF

The addition of new members to the GDIP team strengthens our commitment to advancing digital inclusion for the global majority.

Closing the Digital Possibilities Divide: Broadband Policy Must Change to Achieve Universal, Meaningful Connectivity

ICT policy can no longer be developed in a silo: it requires broader coordination across sectors and building together with the dynamics of other policy areas to create the incentives that will help close the digital possibilities divide.

WiDEF: Women in Tech Global Summit 2024

At the Women in Tech Global Summit 2024 in Paris, Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) hosted a session on women’s participation in the digital economy.

CTS-FGV: Meaningful Connectivity in the G20

In the webinar, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) Executive Director Sonia Jorge joined the panel of experts from various fields and discussed a wide range of perspectives on the challenges and strategies that G20 leaders need to address to promote sustainable, meaningful connectivity.

Policy to Practice podcast: In Conversation with Ms. Sonia Jorge and Ms. Kavitha Iyer

In the episode, Sonia and Kavitha discussed digital citizenship, women’s experiences online, and our collective responsibility as a society to make the internet and digital technologies safe and empowering for everyone.

Cetic.br: Para além do acesso à Internet: como garantir a conectividade significativa

Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) Executive Director Sonia Jorge joined Cetic.br’s two-day event in Brasilia and the launch of their new report, Meaningful Connectivity: Measurement proposals and the portrait of the population in Brazil.

Closing the Digital Possibilities Divide: A Call for Universal, Meaningful, and Affordable Broadband

Twenty years after the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Declaration of Principles was agreed upon, the digital divide remains.

Connected Resilience: Gendered Experiences of Meaningful Connectivity through a Global Pandemic

Today, GDIP launches a new research report that provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender digital inclusion, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What is meaningful internet access? Conceptualising a holistic ICT4D policy framework

The theory of meaningful access brings together three pillars: affordability, meaningful connectivity, and a supportive social environment.

Global Digital Inclusion Partnership – Championing meaningful access for the global majority

While access to the internet has enabled opportunities for many across the globe, a global majority remain disconnected from the internet of opportunity.