Mobile phones, internet, and gender in Myanmar: Joint GSM Association Connected Women-LIRNEasia study


Posted on February 4, 2016  /  0 Comments

This report is the result of research conducted by GSMA’s Connected Women programme and LIRNEasia in Myanmar in 2015.

LIRNEasia’s nationally representative baseline survey of ICT needs and usage in Myanmar showed a gender gap  in mobile ownership of 29%  by March 2015.  Together with GSM Association’s Connected Women program, LIRNEasia explored the reasons behind this gender gap through a series of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions held in Yangon (urban) and Pantanaw (rural) among 91 men and women in July 2015. Further questions on mobile internet awareness and use, as well as barriers to use were explored, yielding a rich set of findings and a large set of policy recommendations.

Read full report: Mobile phones, internet, and gender in Myanmar

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