THE picture emerging from a women’s voices project this week is that young Khwe women at Omega – from the subgroup of the Khoesan – have remained on the margins of society, with little or no access to government services and virtually no chance of gainful employment.
The project is run by the Women’s Leadership Centre (WLC), which says that Khwe women historically belonged to an egalitarian culture that gave them respect, power and autonomy.
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