The present shortage of female data personnel to analyze and collate statistics on women's issues in Africa gives reason to question how solutions to their systemic and cultural oppression are created and proffered.
are women, an apologetic imbalance in favor of men. In Africa, more women get discouraged to take part in data professions and the enrollment of women in data studies steadily declines. DARA Big Data gives insights into this issue in aderived from its last five years of free data science hackathons. In 2017, 74% of applicants were male, while 26% were female. This figure grew to 35% in 2019. It explained that not enough women felt comfortable and bold enough to apply for data courses.
Seemingly, the importance of women and girls in reporting and collating data on the biggest challenges Africa faces today and the harmfulness of exclusivity in data dissemination are overlooked. In one example, a trained software with text collected from Google news was asked to complete the statement, “Man is to computer programmer as woman is to [blank].” The trained software replied with “homemaker.
To this, Ighodaro believes that universities should be more open to detailing what technical tasks data analysis entails as this would encourage more women to participate. She also thinks that men should be more encouraging to women trying to get onboard in the field. She believes more women should try to excel regardless of how “manly” the role is perceived just like she did.
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