WOMEN in Zimbabwe are still struggling to access various media platforms compared to men who can easily reach electronic or print media, a recent report shows.<\/p>\n
According to the 2019 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) released last week, some 25% of men read newspapers weekly compared to only 14% of women.<\/p>\n
\u201c(At least) 57% of men and 44% of women listened to radio weekly, while 43% of men and 38% of women watched television weekly,\u201d the MICS results survey indicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost nine in 10 households owned a mobile phone, while two in five owned a radio. 36% owned a television set, 15% owned a computer and a mere 2% owned a telephone line,\u201d MICS said.<\/p>\n
About three in 10 households had access to internet at home.<\/p>\n
However, the 2019 MICS showed that more women than men used mobile phones.<\/p>\n
\u201cMobile phone usage was very high for both women (90%) and men (89%). More men (36%) used internet compared to women (27%). Men were almost twice more likely to possess a computer skills than women 22% and 13% respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WOMEN in Zimbabwe are still struggling to access various media platforms compared to men who can easily reach electronic or print media, a recent report shows. According to the 2019 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) released last week, some 25% of men read newspapers weekly compared to only 14% of women. \u201c(At least) 57% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[994],"class_list":{"0":"post-20719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-zimbabwean-women"},"yoast_head":"\n