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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
5 min read
No place for the old: Beggars feature in unequal societies, but oomakhulu retain their dignity while ignoring them diminishes ours. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
OLDER WOMEN

Poverty reduces role of oomakhulu

Abandoning oomakhulu to poverty in an unequal society threatens the physical and mental health of our communities

  • Athambile Masola
8 min read