Understanding women micro-entrepreneurs’ use of mobile phones for business
Tuesday 5 Sep 2023 | Bangladesh | Connected Women | English | Ethiopia | Gender | Ghana | Guatemala | India | Indonesia | Kenya | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Nigeria | Pakistan | Report | Research | Senegal | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Evidence from 10 low- and middle-income countries Empowering women micro-entrepreneurs can have significant economic and social impacts, from increasing incomes to creating jobs to strengthening household resiliency. Yet, ...
Methodology: The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023
Wednesday 23 Aug 2023 | Connected Women | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource |
This document details the methodology behind The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023. This accompanying methodology report describes the analysis and modelling techniques we used and highlights important methodological changes from previous years.
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023: Virtual Launch
Wednesday 31 May 2023 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource | Video |
On 31 May 2023 the GSMA Connected Women programme launched the Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023. If you missed the virtual launch event, catch up on the recording here. During the event we ...
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023
Wednesday 31 May 2023 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Global | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource |
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023 shares the latest data on the mobile gender gap, the key barriers preventing women’s equal access to and use of mobile, and explores what is needed to close the mobile internet gender gap.
An International Women’s Day message from Mats Granryd
Wednesday 8 Mar 2023 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Research | Video |
The mobile gender gap is not going to close on its own. Its root causes are driven by a complex set of social, economic and cultural factors. But we know that with informed, targeted action we can make a difference. As we celebrate ...
Empowering women micro-entrepreneurs through mobile
Tuesday 21 Feb 2023 | Connected Women | Employment | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research |
This landscaping report illustrates how women micro-entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries are currently using mobile phones for their business, the barriers they encounter and the opportunities to better serve them.
GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion – Highlights video
Monday 9 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | Connected Women | English | Ethiopia | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile access and use | Nigeria | Pakistan | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda | Video |
Mobile is an enabler for digital inclusion. It empowers people with new opportunities and life enhancing services. But the usage gap is still 40% which means that 3.2 billion people live in an area with mobile broadband coverage but ...
Tackling social norms to reduce the gender digital divide
Thursday 5 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | Connected Women | Digital literacy | English | Gender | India | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Presentation | Research | Resource | South Asia | Webinar |
This session brings together new research by the GSMA and BBC Media Action India, to discuss innovative solutions to reducing the gender digital divide in India, and how to enable more women to take advantage of the many benefits of mobile internet access.
Methodology: The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022
Tuesday 27 Sep 2022 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource |
This document details the methodology behind The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022. This report is part of an annual series analysing the gender gap in mobile ownership and mobile internet use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ...
Matthew Shanahan presents the key findings of the Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022
Wednesday 22 Jun 2022 | Connected Women | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Mobile for Development | Mobile internet for women | Resource | Video |
On Wednesday 15 June 2022, we launched the Mobile Gender Gap report 2022. At the virtual launch event, Matthew Shanahan, Insights Manager at GSMA, ...
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022
Wednesday 15 Jun 2022 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Global | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource |
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 explores the key barriers preventing women’s equal mobile ownership and access to mobile internet as well as the widening smartphone ownership gender gap.