Ateliers leadership - La connectivité des femmes

Ateliers leadership –
connectivité des femmes
La
Mercredi 24 février
16:00-17:30
Auditorium A
Combler l’écart entre les sexes pour
étendre les bénéfices socio-économiques
et culturels
Les téléphones portables sont le moyen le plus courant pour se
connecter à internet dans les pays développés. Cependant, les
femmes accusent encore un retard par rapport aux hommes
concernant à la fois la possession d’un téléphone portable et
l’utilisation de l’internet mobile. Dans les pays à faibles ou
moyens revenus, plus de 1,7 milliard de femmes ne possèdent
pas de téléphone portable. Même quand les femmes en possèdent
un, il existe un écart entre hommes et femmes pour
l’utilisation de ces dispositifs. Elles citent des obstacles
tels que le coût, la qualité du réseau et la couverture, la
sécurité et le harcèlement, la fiabilité de l’agent et de
l’opérateur, les connaissances techniques et l’aisance
d’utilisation. L’écart entre les sexes quant à la possession
et l’utilisation d’un téléphone portable est dû à un ensemble
complexe de barrières socio-économiques et culturelles qui
affectent les femmes de façon négative. Celles-ci requièrent
des interventions ciblées de la part de l’industrie de la
téléphonie mobile, des décideurs et d’autres parties prenantes
impliquées pour rétablir l’équilibre. Combler l’écart entre
les sexes quant à la possession et à l’utilisation du
téléphone portable dans les pays à faibles ou moyens revenus
pourrait libérer une opportunité de marché pour l’industrie de
la téléphonie mobile estimée à 170 milliards de dollars pour
les cinq prochaines années et contribuer à ce que 200 millions
de femmes environ puissent posséder leur propre téléphone
portable. Cela pourrait aussi générer des bénéfices socioéconomiques substantiels, y compris un meilleur accès aux
services financiers, à l’information sur la santé et aux
opportunités dans les domaines de l’éducation et de l’emploi.
Cette session mettra l’accent sur comment les efforts sont
déployés pour diminuer l’écart entre les sexes quant à la
téléphonie mobile dans les pays en voie de développement,
engendrant un énorme potentiel pour l’expansion de l’autonomie
économique, sociale et politique.
Programme final
Résumé de la session
Présentation: Dr Nasser Marafih
Intervenants:
Dr Caren Grown
Senior Director for Gender, World Bank
Caren Grown, Senior Director for Gender at the World Bank
Group, is recognized internationally as an expert on gender
and development. Before joining the Bank Group in 2014, she
was Economist-in-Residence and Co-Director of the Program on
Gender Analysis in Economics at American University. From
2013-2014, she led the UNU-WIDER program on aid effectiveness
and gender equality, and from 2011-2013 she served as Senior
Gender Adviser and Acting Senior Coordinator for Gender
Equality and Women’s Empowerment at USAID. Among her previous
positions, Dr. Grown has been Senior Scholar and Co-Director
of the Gender Equality and Economy Program at the Levy
Economics Institute at Bard College, Director of the Poverty
Reduction and Economic Governance team at the International
Center for Research on Women, and Senior Program Officer at
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Dr Nasser Marafih
Member of the Board and Advisor to the Chairman, Ooredoo
Dr. Nasser Marafih is Member of the Ooredoo Group Board and
Advisor to the Ooredoo Group Board‘s Chairman. He was Chief
Executive Officer of the Ooredoo Group from 2006 until
November 2015. He also served as Ooredoo Qatar CEO from 2002
until 2011. Born in Doha, Qatar, Dr. Marafih holds a Bachelor
of Science in Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science and
a Ph.D in Communication Engineering, all from George
Washington University, USA. Dr. Nasser started his career at
Ooredoo in 1992 as expert advisor from the University of Qatar
and was involved in the introduction of the first GSM service
in the Middle East in February 1994. He joined Ooredoo Qatar
in February 1994 as a Director for Strategic Planning &
Development and led a number of strategic projects including
the introduction of the Internet service in Qatar in 1996 and
the privatization of Ooredoo Qatar from a government owned
company to a publicly listed company in 1999. In his role as
CEO, Dr. Nasser has spearheaded Ooredoo’s global growth in
recent years to expand to 15 operations in Middle East, North
Africa and South East Asia, including Ooredoo’s acquisition of
Wataniya Telecom, Ooredoo’s strategic partnership with ST
Telemedia in Singapore, as well as the company’s purchase of a
controlling stake in Indosat of Indonesia. Dr. Marafih is the
President Commissioner of Indosat and he also serves in as a
board member in a number of other Ooredoo Group companies
including Ooredoo in Myanmar and Asiacell in Iraq. In
addition, Dr. Marafih serves as Chairman of the Board of the
GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation and as a member of the
Board of GSMA. He serves as a commissioner to the ITU
Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. He is a
member of the World Bank Group Advisory Council for Gender and
Development and also a member of the Board of the World
Economic Forum Global Challenge initiative on Gender Parity.
Dr Nasser ranked #41 among the 100 powerful Arab leaders in
2015 and he has appeared in the ranking since the launch of
the list in 2013.
Modérateur:
Siki Mgabadeli
Radio and TV Broadcaster, South Africa
Listed on You Tube as one of the Top 10 African journalists to
watch. The South African daily anchor of the ‘The SAfm Market
Update with Moneyweb’ and the nightly business show ‘Moneyline
on eNCA’ from Monday to Thursday. Siki also hosts eNCA’s ‘The
Big Debate’. This acclaimed MC, TV and radio personality has
also been the ‘Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year – TV’
and was included in the ‘Mail & Guardian Book of South African
Women. She has also won the acclaimed ‘Telkom ICT Journalist
(TV) of the Year’ Award. A much sought-after moderator and
facilitator in South Africa, Siki anchors the Mobile World
Live TV during the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
annually as well as their ‘Connected Women’ summits. She has
covered major African markets and acted as a moderator at the
World Economic Forum on Africa, the IBSA Editor’s Conference
in India and the African Green Revolution Conference in Oslo,
Norway.
On
the
corporate
front,
Siki
has facilitated government, business and award functions
throughout South Africa. During her broadcasting career,
Siki has worked for the major broadcasters in South Africa as
an anchor and reporter. She has anchored ‘Morning Talk’ on
SAFM, co-anchored SABC3’s Africa Inc. and was a senior
business news anchor at CNBC Africa. She has written a column
for the Sunday Independent and has won a variety of awards for
her journalism.
Panélistes:
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership, ITU
Doreen Bogdan-Martin is a strategic leader with more than 20
years of high-level experience in international and intergovernmental relations. She has a long history of success in
policy and strategy development, analysis and execution. Since
2008, Doreen has been Chief of Strategic Planning & Membership
for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a
specialized agency of the United Nations located in Geneva,
Switzerland. The ITU is dedicated to bringing connectivity to
all the world’s people through development assistance,
standardization, and coordination of radiocommunications.
Doreen leads the organization’s strategic initiatives, and
directs the Corporate Communications and External Affairs
divisions. She serves as Secretary to the ITU Board of
Directors, and Coordinator of UN Affairs for the ITU. Doreen
has more than 15 years of experience working with developing
countries, advising governments from around the world on
policy and regulatory reform measures. She has organized
global conferences with thousands of participants from 150+
countries, and brokered international consensus on many
critical issues, and is a regular presenter at high-level
international forums and summits. With a Master’s degree in
International Communications Policy from American University
in Washington, DC, Doreen completed post-graduate
certification in Strategies for Leadership at the Institute
for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is
also certified in Accountability and Ethics by the United
Nations Leaders Programme. Doreen is an affiliate of Harvard
University Berkman Center for Internet and Society and a
member the Swiss Network for International Studies Academic
Council.
Mónica Aspe
Undersecretary of Communications, Mexico
Appointed in April 2015, Monica Aspe is the Undersecretary of
Communications at the Mexican Ministry of Communications and
Transportation (“SCT”). She is the executive branch’s official
in charge of implementing the public policies related to the
Constitutional Telecommunications Reform. As part of her
responsibility, Ms. Aspe leads the effort of the Mexican
transition from analogue to digital television, which has been
widely recognized as one of the fastest in the world and the
first one in Latin America. Currently, Ms. Aspe is leading
several strategic projects, including Red Compartida, which
will be the largest PPP project in Mexican history and is
expected to transform the wireless market worldwide. Prior to
her appointment as Undersecretary of Communications, Ms. Aspe
chaired the Office of the Information and Knowledge Society
(“CSIC”) in the SCT; in this position, she launched the most
ambitious Internet connectivity project in Mexican history,
reaching more that 65,000 public buildings under her
administration. Ms. Aspe also has relevant experience in the
private sector, where she served as the General Director of
the Radio and Television National Chamber (“CIRT”) and ran a
public policy consultancy firm in infrastructure,
telecommunications and broadcasting. Ms. Aspe began her career
as an advisor to the General Council of the Federal Elections
Institute. Ms. Aspe holds a master’s degree in Political
Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts degree
on the same field from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de
Mexico (“ITAM”).
Sonia Jorge
Executive Director, Alliance for Affordable Internet
Sonia Jorge is an expert in the confluence of development and
communications policy. She has over 20 years of diverse
international experience in a career spanning both the private
and not-for-profit sectors. Her work has included ICT policy
and regulatory advice and analysis, strategic industry
planning, national ICT/broadband policy development, and the
creation of new legal and regulatory frameworks to address
issues around competition, cost-based pricing, spectrum
allocation, and infrastructure sharing. Sonia is an avid
advocate of gender equality in development, and has worked
extensively to promote gender analysis and awareness in the
ICT planning process, as well as an understanding of the
importance of universal access and digital inclusion for
development. Sonia has worked in over 30 countries around the
globe, and assumed her current role on 1 July 2013, having
previously been Director of Research & Consulting at Pyramid
Research. She holds a Masters degree in Public Policy, a
degree in Economics and Business Finance, and is fluent in
Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Tanveer Mohammad
Chief Operating Officer, Telenor India
Tanveer Mohammad brings with him more than 19 years of
operational, development and corporate experience in Telecom
Industry. In Telenor India, he is leading a massive
transformation initiative targeting mobile broadband
capability, customer centric operation, Data Network Analytics
capability and other future readiness. Through all these
initiative major operational efficiency is also targeted
including massive reduction in energy consumption. In last
assignment Tanveer served as the Chief Technology Officer at
Grameenphone, Telenor Group’s operating company in Bangladesh,
which is also the largest mobile operator in the country.
Joining Grameenphone as a System Engineer in 1997 Tanveer has
played a key role in building the technology organization
while progressing through roles to take up the position of CTO
in 2010. He has also played an integral role in transforming
Grameenphone into a 3G operator earlier in 2014.