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The GSMA Co-Publishes First of Its Kind Gender Transformative Digital Skills Education Framework
Tuesday 12 March, 2024 | Gender | Goal 5 | International Relations
To celebrate International Women’s History month the GSMA has co-published the first of its kind gender transformative digital skills education framework which was presented at a high level event hosted on the fringes of the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of ...
The GSMA Celebrates the Successful Conclusion of a Three Year Gender Equality in STEM Project
Friday 8 March, 2024 | Gender | Goal 5 | International Relations
To mark International Women’s Day this year the GSMA is celebrating the successful conclusion of a three year capacity building and research project aimed at bridging the gender gap in digital and social innovation. Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, the EQUALS ...
The GSMA Champions Digital Gender Inclusion at W20 India Summit
Tuesday 25 July, 2023 | Gender | Goal 5
During the recent W20 Summit which took place in Mahabalipuram, India, on 15 and 16 June, W20 delegations representing G20 member states gathered to adopt a strong Communique which provided policy recommendations around the five core priority issues under the G20 India ...
The GSMA’s Bridging the Mobile Gender Gap Capacity Building Course – Impact Story
Thursday 13 July, 2023 | Gender
The GSMA’s Bridging the Mobile Gender Gap (BMGG) course helps policymakers and regulators understand the size and drivers of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and provides insights and recommendations on how to improve digital inclusion ...
The GSMA leads digital gender inclusion discussions at 67th Session of United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Tuesday 25 April, 2023 | Gender | Goal 5 | International Relations
In March, the GSMA joined the 67th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). CSW is the UN’s largest annual gathering where gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls are discussed by governments, the private sector, civil society ...
GSMA Leads Digital Gender Inclusion Agenda at Women 20 Indonesian Presidency Summit
Tuesday 16 August, 2022 | Gender | International Relations | News - #BetterFuture
The W20 Indonesian Presidency Summit took place at Lake Toba, Indonesia on 19 to 21 July. As Co-Chair of the W20 Rural Women Working Group and member of the European Union delegation, the GSMA led the final negotiation rounds on the W20’s priority policy work in the ...
GSMA partners with EY, ITU and W4 to provide gender-transformative digital skills training through EQUALS #HerDigitalSkills
Thursday 16 December, 2021 | Gender | International Relations
As part of its commitments to the Innovation and Technology Action Coalition of UN Women’s Generation Equality, the GSMA has partnered with Ernst and Young (EY), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and Women’s World Wide Web (W4) to provide free ...
GSMA leads digital gender equality agenda at W20 Summit
Wednesday 21 July, 2021 | Goal 5 | News - Sustainable and Responsible Leadership
On 13 July GSMA Chief Regulatory Officer John Giusti participated at the Women 20 (W20) Summit hosted by the G20 Italian Presidency in Rome. Established in 2015, the W20 is an official G20 engagement group and it aims to ensure due consideration is given to gender issues ...
Closing the Digital Gender Gap by Increasing Female Leadership
Thursday 30 April, 2020 | Goal 5
This year marks 25 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted: the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights. In the past 25 years, huge strides have been made and women have more opportunities and access to technology than ...
Greater Access to Mobile will help to close the Digital Gender Gap
Thursday 2 April, 2020 | Goal 5 | News Topic
In 2020, connectivity is more important than ever. Internet access is a gateway to critical information, services and opportunities available to many people for the first time. Growth in internet access has been remarkable in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where ...
Closing the mobile gender gap
Wednesday 18 July, 2018 | News - Sustainable and Responsible Leadership | News Topic
Mobile has the power to transform lives. In my role as Director General of the GSMA, I have seen firsthand how mobile can empower women by making them feel safer and more connected and by giving them access to information and life-enhancing opportunities, often for the first ...
GSMA and W20 announce call to action to close digital gender gap ahead of G20 Summit
Tuesday 12 June, 2018 | News - Industry Engagement | News Topic
As part of its role within the W20 (Women 20) group, the GSMA has backed a series of recommendations to promote digital inclusion for women to be presented to the G20 member states later this year. The GSMA is Topic Chair of the Digital Inclusion theme within the W20, which ...
GSMA Convenes Rising Female Innovators in Tech for a Three Week Long Capacity Building Summer School
Friday 21 July, 2023 | Gender
As part of the EQUALS-EU capacity building and research project on bridging the gender gap in social innovation, GSMA convened a 3-week long summer school for 16 rising female innovators in tech which focused on supporting their further professional development and ...
GSMA Welcomes OECD Digital Economy Ministers’ Declaration
Wednesday 21 December, 2022 | International Relations
Last week, I represented the GSMA at the OECD’s first Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting since 2016. The meeting saw governments, civil society and business communities from OECD member countries come together to focus on driving long-term recovery and economic growth by ...
GSMA Partners with Verizon UK to Empower Women in Cybersecurity
Wednesday 30 November, 2022 | Gender | Goal 5 | International Relations | News - #BetterFuture
As part of the EQUALS Her Digital Skills Initiative, the GSMA partnered with Verizon UK earlier this month to deliver a one-day hybrid workshop on cybersecurity targeting emerging female talent in tech across the UK, Lesotho, Kenya and Uganda. The curriculum for the workshop ...
GSMA Showcases Diversity and Inclusion Best Practices at Reykjavik Global Women Leaders Forum
Tuesday 29 November, 2022 | Gender | Goal 5 | News - #BetterFuture
Bringing female leaders across all sectors, including politics, business, tech, civil society, academia, the arts and media, the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders, hosted by the government and parliament of Iceland, aims to share ideas and solutions on how to further ...
Digital Inclusion: Reducing the Usage Gap
Saturday 5 November, 2022 | Goal 10 | News - #BetterFuture
Today, the world is more connected than ever before, with 4.3 billion people now using mobile internet.[1] Mobile broadband continues to be the primary way men and women access the internet in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), accounting for 85% of internet ...
GSMA Leads on the Digital Skills Agenda at EQUALS Annual Partners Meeting
Tuesday 27 September, 2022 | Gender | International Relations
As one of the five co-founders of the EQUALS Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age and Co-Chair of the EQUALS Skills Coalition, GSMA led a number of strategic discussions about the initiative’s 2023 roadmap at the 6th Annual EQUALS Partners and Coalition ...
GSMA Brings Emerging Young Leaders to Hack for Digital and Financial Literacy
Friday 22 July, 2022 | International Relations | News - Industry Engagement
At a two-day Hackathon held on 8 and 9 July as part of a three-year capacity building project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme called “EQUALS EU”, GSMA brought together 19 participants with diverse skillsets and professional and educational background to hack for ...
GSMA Joins #ChangetheFace Alliance
Thursday 9 December, 2021 | Gender | Goal 5 | International Relations
The GSMA has joined the #ChangetheFace Alliance, an informal partnership of like-minded and thought-leading technology companies that are committed to making the tech industry a more inclusive place. The Alliance has agreed to follow a set of Guiding Principles that set out ...