EconomicImpactCapeVerde

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//. 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 114). The international activities of women in neighboring countries of Cape Verde encourage the production and exchange of goods and the distribution of helpful ideas and information on the economy. These activities have been taking place in developing states for many years to help the economy grow and improve. For this reason, women in Cape Verde are seen as necessities to the development of the economy in inadequate global economic conditions (Lima-Neves).

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

Lima-Neves, Terza. Informal Networks and Economic Development: Cape Verdean Women and Transnationalism. SSRN.com. Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc., 29 Mar. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011. .