The Gendered Realities of Digital Transformation in Ghana

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digital infrastructure

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paper

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EliJenJamKen

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IGI

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This chapter explores how gender justice intersects with Ghana's evolving digital transformation. Using data feminism and intersectional feminism as analytical lenses, it examines how digital systems, socio-cultural norms, and institutional structures shape unequal access, participation, and safety for women and girls. Although digitalisation offers opportunities for financial inclusion, skills development, and civic engagement, persistent barriers, such as limited device ownership, inadequate digital skills, poor connectivity, and online gender-based violence, continue to disadvantage women. A review of Ghana's legal and policy frameworks highlights the gap between gender-neutral provisions and the lived digital realities of women. The chapter argues that achieving gender justice requires intentional reforms, including gender-responsive legal frameworks, stronger institutional coordination, expanded digital education, improved online safety mechanisms, and targeted support for women's digital participation.

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