Marafih highlights how Ooredoo initiatives ‘empower women’

Ooredoo Group CEO Nasser Marafih has said  Ooredoo is committed to enriching people’s lives and stimulating human growth and it has all along welcomed the opportunity to share some of its unique gender-specific activities.He said this while speaking at the recent Asian Pacific Economic Conference’s (APEC) ‘Women and the Economy’ meeting at Bali in Indonesia.Marafih said the telecom sector in Qatar has introduced a number of innovative initiatives to enable women to access and use ICT in a way that suited their interests.“Across our markets, we are leveraging mobile technology to empower women and our initiatives have been commercially successful while effectively meeting the needs of women.”Later President Director and CEO, PT Indosat Tbk Indonesia Alexander Rusli also outlined his company’s women-specific initiatives, designed to help women harness technology and innovation to accelerate progress in their communities.Ooredoo, said Marafih, is a firm supporter of APEC’s work to support women in the economy as this mirrored the company’s commitment to championing women and helping them to realise their potential in society.  “Specifically, Ooredoo believes that women should have equal opportunities to access mobile technology in order to be able to best advance their lives and those who depend on them.”.In recent years,Ooredoo has worked with the GSMA and the Cherie Blaire Foundation to launch women-specific initiatives that worked to empower women through enhanced connectivity, bringing greater access to information and business support. These initiatives have helped drive entrepreneurialism while bringing more women online to access vital information and services.In Indonesia, women comprise nearly two-thirds of the country’s entrepreneurs. Ooredoo company’s Indosat has established the INSPÈRA or InspirasiPerempuan Indonesia, an initiative which aims to encourage women to increase their access to information and business services through the use of mobile technology.