ü QUICK WIN Private-sector CSR initiatives should support CSO-led inclusive information campaigns to raise public awareness of basic digital safety and security best practices through universities, schools, libraries, mobile service providers’ retail outlets, cyber cafes, telecenters, tea shops, police stations, banks, post offices, health centers, and Address Women’s Digital Safety and Security Concerns: The Tatmadaw’s other public venues serving constitutional and other broadly worded legislative mandates to protect national diverse clientele. security make the pending cyber security bill politically charged and likely subject to closed-door negotiations. However, the bill is an important leverage point to address widely perceived risks accompanying women’s and girls’ access to and use of ICTs. Fear is a disincentive to deeper engagement with ICTs that can lead to greater benefits. Women’s rights, legal, and media- and tech-focused CSOs should coordinate to advocate for clauses in the pending cybersecurity law that clearly define and establish punitive consequences for violations of privacy and online gender-based harassment. To foster effective implementation, all formal and informal digital skills training—from civil servants to youth—must include essentials of online safety that covers rights and responsibilities. These recommendations highlight several opportunities to embed policies, practices, and norms to close the gender digital divide, with an eye to constraints that must be carefully considered by all stakeholders for progress to be possible. Ending the Gender Digital Divide in Myanmar: A Problem-Driven Political Economy Assessment | 10

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