 Welcome to the World Summit on the Information Society 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. I'm joined by Betty Bonadelle Azarelli, who works with the satellite operators on trying to bridge the digital divide. And I understand that you will be a speaker at a workshop this afternoon on exactly that topic. Yeah, that's right. The workshop is looking at a variety of issues that have to be taken into account to bring all these remote communities everywhere around the world, the underserved and the unserved, and make sure that they get access to broadband connectivity and they are included into the internet evolution. What sort of challenges are there then in bringing them into this internet evolution? First of all, I think there is a geographical issue that needs to be bridged. These rural communities sometimes are hard to link through to these real means. And satellite technology can bring an added value in order to ensure that the connectivity is brought to these people. This is mainly for women, I have to say, that tend to be in the remote places and get access to the internet. Why is it so hard for women to have access to the internet? I think it's a group of issues that they have to face. If you look at the statistics you will find out that they don't necessarily have access to the devices as easily as men. This may be also linked to the fact that many more women live in rural places and it's also linked that probably statistics say that education is not always as easy for girls as it is for boys. Therefore, bringing the internet and connectivity to remote places and villages will be a good opportunity to bridge that gap. Once women have got access to this sort of connectivity, what sort of things are they going to be able to do? They are going to be able to learn one of the things which is important. Then from there maybe access to health support, get access to an eco-community or an economic ecosystem that will allow them to maybe sustain their community and the village and contribute to the well-being of their community. What do you hope might come out of the workshop this afternoon? What concretely can we see as a way forward to promoting this inclusion of women? I hope that this afternoon reaffirms the importance of bridging this digital divide and brings sustainable solutions for that, including funding schemes to allow this to happen and promote ICT in the broad range of communities. Betty Barnadel Azarelli from the AB5 Consulting Group, thank you very much for joining us and please do also tune in to the video interviews that we're doing all week at the WISIS Forum which you'll find on the ITU YouTube channel.