Burden on women in the reserves

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

As men left the reserves as migrant workers, the women had to take over the jobs of the men.

Question 2

2.

Answer 2

women already had many jobs to do:

Keep up crops, harvest them and collect wild food and water

Question 3

3.

Answer 3

they now also had to do the men’s work, inc.

lifting stones and timber for buildings and taking care of the livestock

Question 4

4.

Answer 4

even with the women working hard, the communities suffered, and slowly became poorer and poorer