The use of mobile technology and mobile applications as the next paradigm in development: Can it be a game-changer in development for women in rural Afghanistan?

摘要

A mobile phone revolution is empowering individuals, whether poor or illiterate, to exercise their capabilities by participating in economic activities at levels unimaginable only a decade ago. The merger of development theory with capabilities, freedom, and human rights, offers the most significant change in human development and presents an opportunity to look at mobile phones as powerful instruments of development in this context. Nowhere is this transformation to mobile use more visible and far reaching than among the women of Afghanistan. A project designed as a platform featuring mobile technology for women's development in rural Afghanistan is presented herewith.