When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Walk into any community health centre and look at who is at the bedside of the patients. Women. Young girls who should be in school instead of tending to the sick. Young women who should be at work trying to eke a living in a world where they already get less pay than their male counterparts – and being absent means that their performance is questioned and chances of earning further diminished. Women farmers who will miss … Continue reading Malaria is a women’s rights issue