Women in low- and middle-income countries are 15 per cent less likely to use mobile internet services than men -- that’s 234 million fewer women than men connected to the worldwide web -- according to a new report. And some of the biggest gender gaps are in Sub-Saharan Africa. This week we ask: what is blocking women from accessing these services? And how can this gender divide be bridged?
Our reporter, Charles Pensulo, speaks to women in Malawi, and toMehjabeen Alarakhia, aUN policy advisor on women’s economic empowerment, about the challenges facing women in the digital space.
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Africa Science Focus, with Michael Kaloki.
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