Women unite to beat poverty in Nshakashogwe

NSHAKASHONGWE: Gone are the days when women used to be housewives waiting home for their husbands to come home with the goodies to nurture the family. Even a Setswana idiom attests to that when it says "monna a koro o bapalela tsetse" (the male hornbill provides for the brood).

Perhaps, even some male chauvinists still believe it is only man alone who should fend for the upkeep of the family. It is clear nowadays that men too face the hardships of lack of money due to unemployment resulting in women confronting the poverty ogre alone

Nshakashongwe women may not be the proverbial Amazons, but they have taken up arms to go into battle with hunger and strife that dog their community. 

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