Gender Digital Divide and China's International Communication based on Cuban Women's Media Use

Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative has entered its tenth year of existence, and cooperation with Latin America has gradually deepened, with global initiatives pointing the way for developing countries. While international cooperation and exchanges have become closer, the idea of "equality" has always been highly valued, but it is important to point out that the gender digital divide still exists in countries in the middle of the Internet access level, which needs to be solved in order to better promote development. Cuba, as an important partner of China's Belt and Road initiative, has gender differences in media empowerment brought about by the digital divide, and the main factors affecting it are the underdeveloped local economic situation, insufficient infrastructure construction, and the segregation of dissemination of knowledge and access to information, etc. This paper mainly uses semi-structured interviews. In this paper, we use semi-structured interviews to explore Cuban women's media use and explain the specific manifestations and causes of the gender digital divide, so as to jointly promote the implementation of the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative, and provide development momentum for the realization of the concept of a community of shared destiny for humankind.