WASHINGTON - Former first lady Hillary Clinton and former Prime Minister Mrs. Cherie Blair is committed to promote women in poor countries have a cell phone to avoid the technology gap with men.
The second initiative is a successful woman, named mWoman program, is expected to eliminate the technology gap between men and women in third world countries.
Predicted, according to data from both, men in developed countries have a greater chance to have a phone, rather than the women. Even in the world, male mobile phone users more than the approximately 300 million mobile users-sex female. MWoman target is to provide approximately 150 million phones for the ladies.
"Technology is an important thing that should be owned by women. Mobile phones can be used to access information about health, reported domestic violence and to coordinate mutual assistance in disaster areas. Even mobile phones are also widely used in countries with inadequate banking infrastructure, where corruption often the case, "said the wife of Bill Clinton, as quoted by the Telegraph on Saturday (09/10/2010).
"With mobile phones, pregnant women can get information for their health and the baby," he added.
Added wife of Tony Blair, ari sembiland approximately 10 women who were surveyed feel more secure when a cell phone, while 85 percent claimed to be more independent. In fact, approximately 55 percent of career women claimed to have had more revenue through the use of mobile phones.
Later this mWoman project will focus on women drive the digital divide in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Besides guarded by two women who had this power, the project is also supported by the GSM Association, an institution that overshadow the mobile industry.
By Sari, okezone.com, Updated: 10/09/2010 4:12 PM
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