On a regional average, in countries that witnessed uprisings or popular movements - there are slight gender differences between men’s and women’s uses of social media during the “Arab spring” according to the survey respondents. While the top two uses of social media were for the purpose of raising awareness and spreading information about the events related to uprisings and revolutions, a slightly larger percentage of men than women used social media for these purposes. Although this was the lowest ranking use of social media on a regional level, a larger percentage of Arab women among the survey respondents said.
