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Farai Shawn Matiashe

Women in Zimbabwe push for recognition of 'invisible' domestic labour

Women in Zimbabwe spend much of their time doing household chores, limiting their opportunities to study or earn.
Women in Zimbabwe spend much of their time doing household chores, limiting their opportunities to study or earn. © Farai Shawn Matiashe

Mutare, Zimbabwe – In Zimbabwe, women and girls overwhelmingly bear the burden of domestic labour – costing them opportunities outside the home. New policies are being considered to recognise the value of this unpaid work.

Every day, before delivering custom-sewn clothes to her clients’ doorsteps in eastern Zimbabwe, Cecilia Makumbe first takes care of all the household chores.

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