In Dakar, there exists an antagonism for a woman between working (performing an activity outside of the home) and “working well” (working for the future of her children in correctly taking care of her husband and family-in-law). Even so, more and more women are now encouraged to manage these...

Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women’s role in household survival strategies, but...