Digital Equity
How can we bridge the "digital Grand Canyon"?
How can we bridge the "digital Grand Canyon"? | Global Stage | GZERO Media
September 18, 2021
The UN likes to say that having half the world's population offline is like a "digital Grand Canyon" of exclusion. So, how can we bridge it? The International Communications Union's Doreen Bogdan-Martin says that the only way is to get all concerned parties — the UN, governments, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society — to work together. "No one can do this alone. We need all hands on deck."
Bogdan-Martin weighed in during a Global Stage livestream conversation hosted by GZERO Media in partnership with Microsoft during the 76th UN General Assembly.
Learn more: Should internet be free for everyone? A Global Stage debate
From Your Site Articles
More For You
A laborer works at the Congolese state mining company Gecamines' copper concentrator at its Kambove operation in the southern province of Katanga on January 31, 2013.
REUTERS/Jonny Hogg
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly banned exports of copper and cobalt concentrates – the goal is to force more processing at home and capture a larger share of profits generated from its natural resources.
Most Popular
Bolsonaro searches for a partner, US shutters missions overseas, Tensions rising in Ethiopia
Aug 04, 2026
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who is to be announced as candidate for Brazil's presidential elections, attends the national convention of the Liberal Party (PL) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2026.
REUTERS/Jean Carniel
Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has until tomorrow to find a VP candidate
Dozens of migrants celebrate having crossed the border between Ceuta and Morocco in Madrid, Spain on July 31, 2026, as thousands entered the autonomous city by swimming and on foot, skirting the breakwater that separates Ceuta from Morocco, while border control units recovered the bodies of 16 people in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of foreign nationals found dead in Ceuta’s waters this year to 47.
Marcos Moreno/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM
The unprecedented surge stunned European governments and prompted an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers today on strengthening the bloc’s migration policies
- YouTube
In his latest Quick Take, Ian Bremmer examines the growing gap between President Trump’s threats to escalate against Iran and his reluctance to follow through with military action.
© 2025 GZERO Media. All Rights Reserved | A Eurasia Group media company.