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The UN's International Telecommunications Unit has published a report showing that over four billion people are now online worldwide. Despite this, the proportion of women using the internet is still much lower than men, especially in the developing world. Susan Teltscher, head of the ITU's Human Capacity Building Division, describes the significance of this growing divide. (Image: A woman with henna-decorated hands holds a smartphone. Credit: European Photopress Agency.)