Women in poverty: experience from Limpopo province, South Africa

Abstract

This study focuses on the extent of African women poverty level including poverty reduction strategies used in South Africa. The scope of this study was broadened to include poverty-related issues focusing on the current patterns of poverty and inequality affecting African women. African women related poverty problems in the study area, was documented in a comprehensive manner from the point of view of financial, human, institutional, administrative and resource constraints on the part of governmental and non-governmental organizations. The findings suggested that past, current and planned policies could serve as lessons in dealing with exacerbated African women overall poverty in the province.