Shea Butter Business as an initiative to reduce poverty among northern women
"Shea butter for centuries has been called "women's gold" not only for its rich golden colour, but also because it primarily provides employment and income to millions of women across the continent" (Rebecca Moudio, how shea butter nourishes opportunities for African women, 2013). In as much as we are encouraging the use of locally manufactured products on the market, there is a different aspect to using these products-poverty reduction especially among the women in Northern Ghana. The deprivation of basic social amenities, lack of basic infrastructure and services seem to be compounded by the immense rate of poverty, early child marriage and marital abuse in Northern Ghana. Women in the Shea butter industry are not only worried about the vigorous means of making the shea butter, but also the low incomes they make from the business. A BBC report published in May 2016 indicated that, after five days of picking, crushing, roasting, grinding and co
