USING TECH TO FIGHT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
According to the UN Women campaign against gender-based violence, 13 – 45 percent of women in sub-Saharan Africa experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime.
But TechHer, a Nigerian social enterprise, aims to change that narrative through tech and innovation – by demystifying technology and applying tech solutions towards societal problems, primarily as they affect women.
Africa 54’s tech correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Chioma Agwuegbo, Executive Director, TechHerNG, in Abuja, Nigeria.