Year Published: 2021
Date Published: 01/06/2021
Author/s: Georgina Bowyer, Anna Grant, and Anja Nielsen
Research Link: https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Closing-the-Digital-Divide-for-Good_FINAL.pdf
Key Takeaways:
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) sets out that every child has the right to education, to culture, to information, and to be heard. And yet, here in the UK, the increasingly digital world we live in does not offer equal opportunities to realise these rights. Digital exclusion is holding back children in some of the most marginalised situations, including the poorest children and those living in remote rural locations, from developing to their full potential and enjoying the highest standard of wellbeing. Inequality is deepening as digital inclusion increases in importance.