Women are skipping meals, medical appointments and treatments in order to make ends meet as living costs rise worldwide
Women report skipping medical care to feed familiesWhen the pain started in Agnes Wachira's chest almost six months ago, the Kenyan mother-of-three dismissed it as a symptom of the daily grind of working long hours hand-washing clothes in the narrow lanes of Nairobi's Kawangware informal settlement.
"I don't have health insurance and can't afford the medicines, and the high fuel price means even paying the transport fare to get to a hospital is too costly." "What we see happening is women end up reducing the number and quality of meals they eat each day, and foregoing essential healthcare - such as maternal healthcare and period products - in order to buy food," said Kinoti.
"Women start at a disadvantaged position due to long-standing gender inequalities," said Caroline Dery, project manager for Catholic Relief Services in Ghana.
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