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In 2024, after 30 years of liberation, Black working-class women are more likely to be unemployed, food insecure, lacking access to the most basic social services, and on top of this, confronting the widespread scourge of gender-based violence. The Austerity is a feminist issue report explores how austerity is not merely an economic policy but is deeply intertwined with the patriarchal structures that shape our societies. In South Africa, the legacy of apartheid, combined with entrenched patriarchy, has resulted in women being disproportionately affected by economic inequalities and austerity measures. This report highlights the urgent need to rethink dominant macroeconomic frameworks, centering the impact of austerity on gender and other social inequalities in policymaking. A feminist future requires fiscal and monetary policies that are determined by and serve the well-being of all people, not just the powerful few.
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