While “the farmer” generally conjures an image of a man, women produce over half of the world’s food – in Africa, 60-80 per cent.
Of the 50-100 million people who work as nannies, housekeepers and caregivers worldwide, eighty per cent are women.
Source: Cynthia Enloe, “The Big Push”, 2017
72% of women migrant workers are Asian – mainly domestic workers and in prostitution.
Source: Yayori Matsui, “Women in the New Asia”, 2000