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Education and Training: Educating Women about Technology—Global Women's Issues Series
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April 11, 2016

Women, some of them illiterate, learn to navigate the main menu of a mobile phone through an arrangement of branches on the ground. Courtesy Tostan Jokko
Women, some of them illiterate, learn to navigate the main menu of a mobile phone through an arrangement of branches on the ground. Courtesy Tostan Jokko

Mobile phone technology has connected women and girls to market information and opportunities. When mobile phone technology reaches women and girls, it amplifies their voices and influence in community decisionmaking. They become agents of change because the phones are critical for community organization and social mobilization.

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