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>be me
>site engineer
>go to somalia to install a biomass power plant
>expect a warzone, that part of the country was actually really chill
>told to not drive anywhere alone tho
>most of the workers are women
>one guy stops showing up, one woman starts
>small operation so someone would say something if there had been turnover
>no, he's just sending his wife to work coz he can't be arsed
>weird
>check payroll out of my own curiosity
>mostly male names
>look around me
>mostly women, 16 to 60
>not weird, that's actually very normal
>employers wanted big guys to do the build
>they show up for 2,3 days then send their wives to work while they stay home and chew khat or whatever it's called
>told that this is common
>what there is of somali law makes it so that women need their husbands to countersign a bunch of stuff
>traditionally, men hunt, women do maintenance
>hunting aint been a thing for a long time now
>revise work estimates to accomodate needing 4 people to construction work that should take 2
>report the issue, nobody really cares. someone from HR comes to take pictures
>get things done anyway
>go home
>look at website of parent company
>"Hey look what a wonderful job we are doing empowering African women"
No joke though, tough ladies, worked their asses off. Not sure for whose benefit though...
