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Andrew Kweku Conduah

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Andrew Kweku Conduah

The work of older women in Africa is invisible and unpaid for, yet it holds families and communities together. Photo: File
AFRICA

Older women’s care work the forgotten pillar of African society

Older women in Ghana, and the rest of the continent, perform vital, unpaid labour, sustaining families and communities, often without recognition or support

  • Andrew Kweku Conduah
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