Tech Trailblazers
New technologies and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are radically transforming learning platforms and jobs. Digital literacy is essential to thrive in this twenty-first-century reality. But 2.2 billion people below the age of 25 do not have internet access at home, with girls more likely to be cut off. In low- and middle-income countries,…, Pioneering process, Mary Gelman, of VII Photo Agency, remotely photographed these young female digital trailblazers through FaceTime video calls, speaking to the very promises that technology holds for her subjects: access and voice. Gelman’s pioneering work employs digital composites to portray each subject’s immersion into their own project – going beyond a single…, About this series, Together with public and private partners in Generation Equality , UNICEF calls for greater amplification and investment in adolescent girls’ voices, leadership and solutions for social change – especially at the intersection of the digital revolution. We need more investment in girls and young-women-designed solutions fit for their digital world…