Women informal cross-border traders are facing monumental hurdles, ratifying this international convention could help them

By Amnesty International

By Mandipa Machacha and Sasha Middleton Across Southern Africa, millions of people, predominantly women and girls, engage in informal cross-border trade, shouldering heavy burdens and navigating bureaucratic hurdles just to make ends meet. This trade, estimated at $17.6 billion by the African Development Bank, constitutes a significant portion of intra-regional commerce, yet the women driving […] The post Women informal cross-border traders are facing monumental hurdles, ratifying this international convention could help them appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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