SDG #5 is to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”
Within SDG #5 are 9 targets, of which we here focus on Target 5.b:
Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
Target 5.b has one indicator:
Indicator 5.b.1: Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
The definition for the purposes of measurement is access via a public switched telephone network.
As of 2022, 68% of women own a mobile phone in contrast to 77% of men. Among countries with data, all women in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE have mobiles, and only 11% of women in Burundi have access.
