mWomen Conference Notes

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Dear all,

Meaghan and I attended a conference at the State Department on empowering women (health, education, entrepreneurship and financial opportunities)  in the developing world through mobile technology. As panelists pointed out, this makes both very good business and social development sense.

mWomen brings together the public sector (i.e. U.S. State Department, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the mobile phone industry (i.e. Nokia, AT&T)  and NGO sectors to implement this dynamic initiative. www.mwomen.org

Here’s a study done in collaboration with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women with interesting and important findings that advocate for more women using mobile technology: http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/women_mobile.pdf  Mrs. Blair was also present at the conference.  

Attached are notes in bullet form from the conference. Please let Meaghan and I know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Clare

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(Clare) Ye Sheng
Program Officer
Education Programs Division
IREX <www.irex.org>
2121 K St., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
TEL: (202) 628-8188 x164
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E-MAIL: csheng@irex.org