Women & Mobile:
A Global Opportunity
The Cherie Blair Foundation and GSMA Development Fund published a groundbreaking report in February 2010, quantifying the gender gap in mobile technology across developing countries - Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity. The report shows that, by extending the benefits of mobile phone ownership to more women, a host of social and economic goals can be advanced, but 300 million women are missing out on the mobile revolution. Download the full report (5.4MB)
Using the findings of the report, GSMA is now leading in efforts to close the gender gap with an innovative new programme, "mWomen".
Close the gender gap and expanding business opportunites for women
Over the next three years, mWomen aims to halve the gender gap, bringing the benefits of mobile technology to 150 million women. The programme has the backing of the private, public and non-profit sectors and the support of mWomen champions Cherie Blair, Helen Clark, Judith Rodin and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
The Foundation has developed its own three-year Mobile Technology Programme combining research, projects and advocacy, all with the aim of creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
For more information on mwomen: www.mwomen.org.
“Every woman, wherever she lives, needs a mobile phone. That's the simple but fundamental message at the heart of this report. By being better connected, women feel safer, find employment, start businesses, access banks, learn about market prices and altogether benefit socially and economically.”
- Cherie Blair
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