Technology: Friend or Foe for Women of Myanmar 50% 47% 47% 39% 40% 30% 20% 10% 5% 3% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% F m am pu il te y r Co F M am ob ily ile t le Ta b m p Ta ute bl r/ et Co r te pu m Co M o Ta bile bl / et Co M m ob p il Ta ute e/ bl r/ et Co M m obi pu le te / r M ob ile 0% Figure 1: Internet use of women with different types of digital devices The findings indicated that women’s access to and usage of the internet is dependent on several factors such as age, class, gender, digital literacy and technological skills, financial resources, cost implications, time constraints, geographic location (rural or urban), and socio-cultural norms. Overall, women’s access to the internet has improved over the last five years (MIDO, 2018). Nevertheless, since the coup, the gender gap has widened across low- and middle-income households in mobile ownership and in use of the internet and digital services. Girls’ and women’s mobile phone ownership is largely shaped by gender roles that determine whose needs in the family get prioritized and whose phone might get sold to overcome the family’s financial distress. 18