Yemeni women become mobile phone repairers to stop'sextortion' Devices containing private images can become a sexist weapon in this Middle Eastern country. When a phone breaks, the user can go years without fixing it, for fear of suffering blackmail.
Yemen is a conservative country, with one of the worst results on the Gender Inequality Index (in 2021, it ranked 155th out of a total of 156 countries). Deeply ingrained patriarchal norms and gender roles make women the repositories of their families' honour.