The Digital Divide in Asia-Pacific: A Persistent Challenge The Asia-Pacific digital landscape features metropolises like Tokyo and Singapore with world-leading connectivity alongside vast unconnected rural territories, affecting half of the region’s 4.3 billion people. This disparity represents the greatest obstacle to inclusive development across APAC. Sri Lanka exemplifies the rural-urban divide with 80.6% rural population […]
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NetMission Academy 2025 Session 2 Summary
The second session of the NetMission Academy, titled “Access and Empowerment,” took place on January 16, 2025, and was expertly moderated by Nawal Munir Ahmad and Nattaya Kay Jaratruangsaeng. In this session, participants from all around the Asia Pacific joined our honorable speakers: Felicia Antonio (Campaign Manager for the Keep It On initiative at Access […]
NetMission Case Study Series 2024 – Empowering Nations: Bridging the Digital Divide and Exploring the Lens of Internet Shutdown in Times of Conflict
Case Study 1: Bridging the Digital Divide to Improve the Quality of Education as a means to counter the Issue of Tribal Warfare in PNG Background Digital Divide refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communication technologies and those that do not have or only have limited […]
Comments on the Possible Structural Elements of the Global Digital Compact
As the process towards a Global Digital Compact (GDC) advances, the co-facilitators – the Permanent Missions of Sweden and Zambia to the United Nations – have published in their letter dated February 23, 2024, shared structural elements for a Global Digital Compact based on the input provided during the consultations on February 12 and 13, […]
NetMission Academy 2024 Session 2: Access & Empowerment – Summary
Event Overview The second training session of NetMission Academy 2024 was held successfully on January 11, 2024, with great moderation and facilitation by Nattaya Kay Jaratruangsaeng and Harisa Shahid. Attendees from diverse regions across the Asia Pacific, including both participants and alumni, convened to engage with our esteemed panel of speakers: Khin Phyu Cyn Kyi, […]