Women gamers around the globe experience high rates of gender-based harassment, keeping many from participating in gaming. Independent research recently conducted in Argentina and the UK has revealed how females are treated in competitive multiplayer games, with verbal abuse, death threats and gender-based frustration very much the order of the day. Participants in both research studies even claimed that they could not compete with an open microphone as games often become impossible to play if the other players hear a female voice.



During Women’s Month, esports and gaming authority in South Africa, Mettlestate will partner with Non-Profit organisation, TEARS Foundation and BBD to combat gender-based harassment in gaming. We talk to Barry Louzada, Founder and Managing Director of Mettlestate.

Women gamers around the globe experience high rates of gender-based harassment, keeping many from participating in gaming. Independent research recently conducted in Argentina and the UK has revealed how females are treated in competitive multiplayer games, with verbal abuse, death threats and gender-based frustration very much the order of the day. Participants in both research studies even claimed that they could not compete with an open microphone as games often become impossible to play if the other players hear a female voice.
 
During Women’s Month, esports and gaming authority in South Africa, Mettlestate will partner with Non-Profit organisation, TEARS Foundation and BBD to combat gender-based harassment in gaming. We talk to Barry Louzada, Founder and Managing Director of Mettlestate.

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Serious and topical issues on continent, breaking stories.