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Women in technology “quite alone”

Women in technology “quite alone”

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The few women who work in the technology sector are in a position to influence how information and communication technologies can be used to empower women.

That view has been expressed by the Minister of Communications and Technology of Nigeria, who is attending the International Telecommunication Union meeting in Busan, South Korea.

Omobola Johnson said more needs to be done to close the digital divide between men and women which she described as “so wide”.

She shared her views about women in technology with Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez.

Duration: 4’06”

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Omobola Johnson. (ITU video capture)