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Cape Verde: Assess how the social issue has made an impact on the economics/business of the country. Cite specific developments that have played a role in the economic impact.

Injustice Against Women in Cape Verde: Economic Impact

Although women are encouraged to find jobs as paid labor, this is often difficult for them to do. The development of multinational factories and external markets' production increase cause women to live off of the production of trivial goods and supporting themselves at a minimum level. Women of Cape Verde often make a living by selling food items as well as working as maids or prostitutes. If these women do end up finding work in the globalized economy, they are paid much less than what a man would be paid. The subsistent nature of women in this country //increases the productivity of the men and profits of the corporations// (Carter 114). On a side note, it is suggested that these economic factors, such as economic dependence on women, will lead to more violence against them. This could possibly be because of male dominance over their submissive wives. Men may also start to physically punish women for attempting to assume roles in the economy that are less feminine. This forms a blockade between women and wage labor.

Carter, Katherine, and Judy Aulette. //Cape Verdean Women and Globalization: the Politics of Gender, Culture, and Resistance//. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Print.