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<p>Despite women in sub-Saharan Africa contributing over half of GDP, their labour remains predominantly informal, invisible, and undervalued. Malawi’s tourism sector exemplifies this paradox: while positioned as a key growth industry, it largely relies on women’s precarious, low-paid, and informal labour. This article critically interrogates the landscape of women’s work in Malawi’s tourism sector through a Pan-African feminist lens, highlighting how gendered labour patterns mirror broader continental trends despite the sector’s economic significance. It reflects on the limited scope of existing labour laws and protections, which often exclude or marginalize women’s labour in informal and semi-formal tourism roles. In tracing these dynamics, the article argues for a reimagining of labour standards, rights, and social protections that center African women’s lived realities, and proposes pathways toward a feminist future of work in Malawi’s evolving tourism economy.</p>

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Home to Hospitality: How Women’s Undervalued Labour and Exploitation are Subsidizing Malawi’s Tourism Industry

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    2025年11月27日

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  • Jessica Mandanda,
  • Gloria Dzanjalimodzi

摘要

Despite women in sub-Saharan Africa contributing over half of GDP, their labour remains predominantly informal, invisible, and undervalued. Malawi’s tourism sector exemplifies this paradox: while positioned as a key growth industry, it largely relies on women’s precarious, low-paid, and informal labour. This article critically interrogates the landscape of women’s work in Malawi’s tourism sector through a Pan-African feminist lens, highlighting how gendered labour patterns mirror broader continental trends despite the sector’s economic significance. It reflects on the limited scope of existing labour laws and protections, which often exclude or marginalize women’s labour in informal and semi-formal tourism roles. In tracing these dynamics, the article argues for a reimagining of labour standards, rights, and social protections that center African women’s lived realities, and proposes pathways toward a feminist future of work in Malawi’s evolving tourism economy.