In Africa, poverty has a female face

In Africa, poverty has a female face

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Poverty is gendered and calls for gendered solutions. This is the finding of the following podcast.

We speak to Mercia Andrews of Trust for Community Outreach and Education. TCOE is a national organisation that operates mainly in the rural areas of South Africa. We also hear from Sarah Claasen, president of Sikhula Sonke, a women led trade union which operates as a social movement dealing with all livelihood challenges of farmwomen.

 

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