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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.
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