The Philippine Statistics Authority – Cotabato Provincial Statistical Office will conduct the Women and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Development Index (WIDI) Survey, the first national survey on ICT focusing on women and girls in the country.

The WIDI aims to enrich the domain of women and ICT by establishing key indicators that will capture the situation of women focusing on aspects of the Digital Economy, ICT access, and ICT usage that are affecting women the most.

This survey hopes to provide a more in-depth study of women an ICTs, especially on documenting how ICTs are used to expand women’s social, economic, and livelihood opportunities. It also aims to provide an added dimension in women’s participation in the Digital Economy by providing data on workforce participation in employment, livelihood, and entrepreneurship using ICTs and online digital platform.