What's the Story? Mobile gender gap hovers around 20%
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women.
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report. She shares the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women.
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Here are a few topics we cover:
Updates about the mobile gender gap (00:44)
Differences between men and women in use of mobile Internet (01:45)
Geographically where the gap is greatest (04:02)
How spending on mobile services differs between men and women (05:59)
Challenges women face in cost of ownership of mobile phones (07:56)
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