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One Day Training Course "Women and Mobile"

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**Coffee will be served before the workshop**

Session 344

09:00–16:00, Friday, 16 June 2017 Room G2, ITU Varembé Thematic Workshop

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Strategies to close the gender gap in mobile and mobile broadband use

It is widely recognised that information and communications technology can have a positive socio-economic impact on women’s lives. Unfortunately there is currently a significant gender gap associated with access to, and use of, the internet and mobile broadband services. This gender gap can be attributed to a number of factors including the cost of devices and services, network coverage, concerns around security and harassment, as well as a lack of technical literacy amongst women.

This course explains the background to the issues and focuses on strategies that can be used to help close the gender gap.

The course objectives are to:
• Understand the context via genderdisaggregated data on internet access and use.
• Learn how barriers such as access, affordability, safety, digital skills and the availability of locally relevant content can be addressed.
• Discover how gender perspectives can be integrated into strategies, policies, plans and budgets so they explicitly address women’s needs, circumstances and preferences.
• Explore how to work together with other stakeholders to share good practices that have real impact.

Moderator

Ms Dominica Lindsey, Market Insights Director, Mobile for Development, GSMA

Speakers/Panellists

Course leader: Ms Dominica Lindsey, Market Insights Director, Mobile for Development, GSMA

Course facilitator: Ms. Dominique Lazanski, Public Policy Director, GSMA

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

  • AL C1 logo C1. The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2 logo C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C4 logo C4. Capacity building

As a training session for policy makers and regulators, the course directly relates to WSIS Action Line 1: The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development.

It also addresses access, accessibility and affordability issues (for women) as covered in WSIS Action Line 2: Information and communication infrastructure: an essential foundation for an inclusive information society

Gender issues are also covered in WSIS Action Line 4: Capacity building

 

 

Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

  • Goal 1: No poverty logo Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being logo Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
  • Goal 4: Quality education logo Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
  • Goal 5: Gender equality logo Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities logo Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

By explaining strategies to increase the access of women to ICTs through mobile technology, the content of the session is directly linked to SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Access to mobile by women and girls is also an important enabler in relation to Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, as well as being a tool which can help to underpin the achievement of many of the other SDGs including Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all and Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Documents

GSMA_Bridging_The_Gender_Gap_Report_Exec_Summary.pdf GSMA_BroadbandCommission_2017.pdf

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