Ooredoo awards MVR 50,000 grant to Winner of Smart Ideas for Women Challenge!
Ms. Mizna Gasim wins grant to bring her dream of creating an e-Parental Support Group for mothers across the country
Ooredoo today announced the winner of its ‘Smart Ideas for Women’ challenge - Ms. Mizna Gasim won a grant of MVR 50,000 to help bring her idea to life. The prize winning brilliant idea of Ms. Mizna Gazim is, to create an e-Parental Support Group that supports mothers around the country in understanding children's behaviour, with special focus towards managing difficult behaviours.
‘Smart Ideas for Women’ challenge was carried out as part of Ooredoo’s commitment to GSMA’s Connected Women Programme, which is focused on the socio-economic benefits of greater inclusion of women at all points in the mobile industry from consumer to employee to leaders. Held in collaboration with local NGO, Woman on Boards (WOB), the challenge aimed to highlight some of the key challenges being faced by women across our communities and to create awareness on how technologies can provide smart solutions in tackling these issues.
The challenge asked members of society whom were interested in closing the gender gap to share ideas on how they would use technology to empower women and girls within the Maldivian society. The best ideas were shortlisted and the chosen candidates had the opportunity to present their idea to a panel of judges. The winning idea was selected by the panel of experts based on its potential to empower women, as well as the effectiveness of the participant’s plans to utilize the grant in implementing her idea.
The Ambassador of Connected Women in the Maldives, member of board of Ooredoo Maldives and Senior Partner SHAH, HUSSAIN & CO. Barristers and Attorneys, Ms. Dheena Hussain said: “Being on the panel of judges, I was given the opportunity to witness a number of inspirational ideas, presented by members of our community who passionately believe in equal opportunities for women and men. It was a wonderful experience, and I urge all our participants to continue their work in closing the gender gap, and making the most of modern technological advancements to empower women and girls within our communities.”
The Chief Executive Officer of Ooredoo Maldives, Mr. Vikram Sinha said: ‘We are proud to be able to support the winner of the ‘Smart Ideas for Women’ challenge in creating an incredible web platform that is sure to enhance lives for young mothers across the Maldives. In the future, we will continue to develop new initiatives and services for our female consumers and employees, based on critical insights offered by GSMA towards the socio-economic benefits of eliminating the gender divide across the telecommunications sector”.
As a committed partner to the Connected Women programme which accelerates growth of the female digital economy, Ooredoo will work to bring significant socio-economic benefits to all women and to the mobile eco-system of Maldives.
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Ooredoo is a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential. Ooredoo has a presence in markets such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives, Myanmar and Indonesia. The company was named “Most Innovative Company of the Year – MEA Region” at the 2015 International Business Awards.
The company reported revenues of US$ 9.1 billion in 2014 and had a consolidated global customer base of 114.9 million customers as of 30 September 2015. Ooredoo’s shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
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Ooredoo Maldives provides a wide range of innovative voice and data services tailored to the growing needs of today’s consumers and businesses. Guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential, Ooredoo has transformed the telecommunications industry for the people of the Maldives.
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