By Chris Williams
Truthout | News - Sunday, 29 December 2013
When it comes to the world economy, what you "see" is not usually
what you get - especially when it comes to gender. Capitalism has fueled
a world in which women are rendered invisible and saddled with the
majority of labor. They are responsible for two-thirds of all working
hours, produce 50 percent to 90 percent of the world's food and 100 percent of the world's children. Yet, for all this, they receive only 10 percent of the world's income and own less than 1 percent of the world's property. As a result, women make up 70 percent of the world's poor.
Moreover, gender violence is more of a threat to women's health than
the sum of traffic accidents and malaria. Often, when women are "seen,"
they are seen as simply bodies, to be manipulated in ways that lead to
profit. In a very real sense, as people, women are invisible.
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