Creating Safe Markets to Enhance Women’s Productivity
Most women in Zimbabwe are earning a living through trade which is conducted in places that do not have adequate safety and hygiene.Women entrepreneurs also fear violence in public spaces as they commute to their workplaces.“We are being targeted by thieves who know that we will be having large sums of money from the flea market sales”, said residents of Epworth, the fifth-largest city in Zimbabwe by population and located 15km east of the capital city Harare. A tour of Epworth Overspill Market, Zimbabwe held on the 29thof August 2019 was undertaken by stakeholders that included the Director for Small to Medium Enterprise Development in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender, Community and SME Development, Francis Gondo, who said they are working with UN Women in mobilizing investments to increase safety and economic viability of public spaces. We have taken our stakeholders around to the market, so they appreciate and…
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