Although digital and mobile access has expanded in recent years, persistent digital gender gaps remain in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic, norms-based, and skill-related barriers constrain women’s digital inclusion. At Inclusion Economics, our research explores how access to digital technology influences economic growth, employment, access to (mis)information, and gender norms. Our research also demonstrates that gendered digital gaps depend on more than lack of access and affordability. Eliminating barriers to female phone ownership, like digital literacy, are crucial to improve their mobile access and well-being. Our work also studies how phones can be leveraged for other purposes, like promoting women’s financial inclusion or improving communication between the government and citizens, and ongoing research in India and Kenya investigates whether digital platforms can provide women with access to rewarding work and if the private sector could help close existing digital gaps.