02/12/2020
Women are more than twice as likely than men to be contributing family workers. From the latest available data, the share of women in informal employment in developing countries was 4.6 percentage points higher than that of men, when including agricultural workers, and 7.8 percentage points higher when excluding them.
Women being over-represented in informal and vulnerable employment explains one of the reasons why GBV is a problem all around the world.
Many women are trapped in abusive relationships due to financial reasons, being one of the main reasons women stay to endure the abuse.
Living in poverty increases the risk of women and girls experiencing violence.
Money gives you financial independence, and pursuing financial independence is even more important for women. As women, we sacrifice a lot especially as we go into motherhood. You sacrifice your body, your time, your self identify, and your ability to work. Child rearing and parenting, is a lot of work (this is an understatement) and often falls on the female parent.
Many women end up taking reduced workloads (part-time, or even becoming a stay at home parent) because of this. Either by choice or because daycare is too expensive. Even with daycare and both parents working full-time, women usually ends up taking more of ‘the load’ of unpaid labour of household management.
We need to support our women by empowering them to stand on their own to feet without being financially dependent on a man.
We need to actively work towards changing these statistics for the better. The only way we can truly initiate change is by standing together, by working together.
ByMisch Marketing would like to invite you to join in on the movement to empower women. As economic empowerment is central to women’s ability to overcome poverty, and improve their well-being, giving women the opportunity to be financially independent in South Africa will reduce the vulnerability of women when it comes to gender base violence.
You can do so by participating in the women empowerment challenge:
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Contact us for collaborations, because there is no limit to what we as women can accomplish!