Bridging the Digital and Gender Divides in Myanmar 9 December 2015 Philippines With access to mobile phones rapidly improving in Myanmar, ADB’s Nationwide Telecommunications project is helping bridge the country’s digital and gender divide. This project is leveraging Myanmar’s ICT modernization to accelerate women’s and girl’s participation in health, livelihood, and education through communication innovations such as Geek Girls Myanmar, the Connected Women community, and the use of mobile applications. Program and Learning Materials 09 December 2015 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Presentation Nationwide Telecommunications Project in Myanmar: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide Political and economic reforms have promoted recent development of the telecommunication infrastructure in Myanmar. ADB viewed the Nationwide… Robert Lockhart, Viswanathan Ramasubramanian, Imrana Jalal Highlights of the Event Nationwide Telecommunications Project: Bridging the Digital and Gender Divides in Myanmar ICT projects that recognize the digital and gender divides can help provide women with equal access to communication tools to increase their voice… Asian Development Bank Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Event Coordinator/s Pinky Serafica ADB Organizer/s Department of Communications and Knowledge Management Topics Capacity Development Gender Equality ICT