TECHNOLOGY can and must be used to close the gender digital divide.
This is according to a panel of inspirational women, including activist and author Dr Pregs Govender, GirlHYPE CEO Baratang Miya, Centre for African Resource Efficiency and Sustainability (Cares) executive director Zubeida Zwavel and GirlCode CEO Zandile Mkwanazi, who showed why they are captains of industry in the digital age, during the 6th annual Robben Island Museum (RIM) Imbokodo Lecture on Friday.
The event, under the theme “Digital: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality”, brought together technologists, innovators, gender activists, social entrepreneurs, young women and supporters who are breaking barriers and rewriting the rules.
“What potential exists in our country, to address gender inequality, in a context where in South Africa and across the world there is growing inequality,…