Harnessing our strength as women
In Africa, women are expected to play their roles behind the scenes. Roles include making sure the house is clean, preparing meals, looking after the little ones, sorting the laundry, etc.
These roles differ little between daughters and wives except for the marital duties that the wife owes to her husband, and the daughter participates in his education, which some wives do. Let us note that in a typical rural setting a child may not have the opportunity to go to school instead she may go to the farm or to some other task given to her by her parents.
To do all this, women are usually the first to wake up and the last to sleep. He works from dawn till dusk hoping to get a few minutes to put his feet up. She goes around running errands, taking care of the kids, and visiting her husband. She does all this while trying to keep her sanity, sometimes forgetting to take care of herself.