Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity
By Cherie Blair, Maura O’Neill, and Trina DasGupta on Isobel Coleman’s blog.
Mobile phones are life-changing tools that can connect people not only to each other, but also to income generating opportunities and a world of information. Cell phones are being used to battle political corruption, enhance education and literacy efforts, save lives in the face of humanitarian disasters, conduct business transactions, increase access to capital, and improve health. This is especially true in developing and emerging markets where cell phone penetration has exponentially grown. Today, over 70 percent of global cell phone subscribers live in the developing world.