Posts on the Topic "gender"
Women, agriculture and ICTs
09/01/2018
Quick Read Gender imbalance exists with women and girls most affected Technology, ICTs in particular, promise to leverage farming practices Examples of projects where ICTs have been used by women in agriculture In most developing country due to rural urban migration and other reasons, agriculture is...
Mapping the mobile money gender gap: insights from Cote d’Ivoire and Mali
10/11/2017
The subject of technology and gender has intrigued many interested with ICTs in agriculture. GSMA recently published a report entitled, “ Mapping the mobile money gender gap: insight from Cote D’lvoire and Mali”. One of the key findings of the report is that while there has been significant growth...
Gender and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Survey Toolkit
06/10/2017
The USAID has launched the Gender and Information Communication Technology Survey Toolkit which was prepared in collaboration with its partners. It was noted that over 1.7 billion women in low and middle-income countries do not own mobile phones. Even in cases where women own mobile phones, they are...
International Women's Day 2017
08/03/2017
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. From a development point of view, the idea of this theme is to consider how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the Sustainable...
Grameen America Connects With Citi, Mastercard To Help Low-Income Female Entrepreneurs
28/02/2017
Grameen America announced a collaboration with Citi and Mastercard to provide financial technology solutions that will assist low-income minority women entrepreneurs. The aim is to improve the organization's ability to promote digital financial access. The project will target more than more than 86...