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libraries, the digital divide could turn into an information and knowledge divide. </p><p>Maria Garrido, senior researcher of the TASCHA team that elaborated the DA2I report, explained that the report took both a rights-based and an evidence-based approach to development.  She highlighted how various dimensions of civil, political, economic and cultural rights impacted access to information and she called for the collection of more and better data to build evidence for the strong linkages between access to information and inclusive societies where no one is left behind. </p><p>Next, Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Executive Director of the <a href=http://www.aflia.net/>African Library and Information Associations and Institutions</a> (AfLIA), brought the concepts and ideas to the ground by presenting cases of how public and academic libraries in Ghana were improving access to information and driving progress towards  achieving the SDGs, in particular quality education and gender 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