Division of Labor by Gendert. Gender division varies across different ethnic groups. among the Akan, women assume the basic domestic and child-care roles. Both genders assume responsibility for basic agriculture production, although men undertake the more laborious tasks and women the more repetitive ones. women will work on their husbands’ farms but will also farm on their own. Traditional craft production is divided according to gender. Men are weavers, carvers, and metalworkers. women make pottery and engage in food processing. Petty Trade, which is a pervasive economic activity, is almost exclusively a woman’s occupation. women independently control any money that they receive from their own endeavors, even though their husbands normally provide the capital funding. Wives, however, assume the main work and financial responsibility for feeding their husbands and children and for other child-care expenses.
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