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Comment by Marsha Castello on September 13, 2012 at 8:32pm

Hello All,

I work for The Department for International Development (DFID) and I am also  a postgraduate student at Birkbeck, University of London, where I am completing a MSc. in International Business and Development.  I am currently writing my dissertation on the socio-economic impact of mobile phones on smallholder farmers.

I am seeking to discover how mobile technology such as SMS, helplines, information services ant the internet have made a difference in the following areas: 

- Increasing access to financial services (mobile banking)

- Supplying agricultural information

- Increasing data visibility for supply chain efficiency

- Improving access to markets

To this end I have completed the following survey which I would like to invite you to complete by 19 Sept and share as widely as possible:

Survey for providers of mobile services in agriculture: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NHMZTT5

Survey for users of mobile services in Agriculture in developing countries: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NXFXMYJ

I am conducting this study under the supervision of Professor Klaus Nielson, of the Department of Management at Birkbeck University of London.

I would be very grateful for your response,

Best regards

Marsha

Comment by Florence Scialom on April 11, 2012 at 5:56am

This could be of interest to all those here in the gender group: Award for using mobile to improve gender equality in education. Hope this proves helpful! Let us know if you decide to apply, and best of luck \o/

Comment by Amy O'Donnell on September 1, 2011 at 6:14am

Muli Bwanji Linda! Its great to hear about your project! How do you use SMS- is it to organise meetings, share advice? What are your plans for the project? I'd love to hear more. Amy \~/

Comment by Linda Dietrich on August 31, 2011 at 7:06pm

I am a Nursing PhD student. Our team is using Frontline SMS with a group of 21 women in Blantyre, Malawi for support, empowerment and  income generation.

Comment by Loyce Kyogabirwe on June 27, 2011 at 5:19am

I am happy to see the gender group growing.  Let us continue to share  and exchange ideas

Comment by Amy O'Donnell on March 9, 2011 at 5:51am

GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Publish ‘Women &...

 

• There are 300 million fewer female subscribers than male subscribers worldwide
• A woman is 21% less likely to own a phone than a man in low and middle-income countries - 23% in Africa, 24% in the Middle East, and 37% in South Asia
• Regionally, the incremental annual revenue opportunity for operators ranges from US$740M in Latin America to US$4B in East Asia
• Going forward, two thirds of potential new subscribers for mobile network operators will be women
• Women in rural areas and lower income brackets stand to benefit the most from closing the gender gap
• 93% of  women report feeling safer because of their mobile phone
• 85% of women report feeling more independent because of their mobile phone
• 41% of women report having increased income and professional opportunities once they own a phone

Comment by Florence Scialom on March 8, 2011 at 3:40pm

FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi are being used to map and respond to harassment on the streets of Egypt. Read more about the work of HarassMap on the FrontlineSMS blog:

 

http://www.frontlinesms.com/2011/03/08/mobile-phones-give-harassmen...

Comment by Amy O'Donnell on February 28, 2011 at 4:51am

ICT Works article on "How to include women in your tech start-up, your ICT4D project, or your training sessions"

 

http://www.ictworks.org/news/2011/02/28/how-include-women-your-tech...

 

Comment by Laura Walker Hudson on February 4, 2011 at 6:22am

Delighted to see this group has started and look forward to our discussions! Although domestic abuse doesn't only affect women, I thought it might still worth be highlighting this thread on using FrontlineSMS in domestic abuse prevention and response programmes from the forum - just in case people hadn't spotted it:

http://frontlinesms.ning.com/forum/topics/using-frontlinesms-in-dom...