Avon Justine Tackles Female Unemployment In SA

With South Africa’s unemployment rate recently increasing to 29%*, leading direct-selling beauty brand – Avon Justine – today announced the launch of its initiative to provide women with sustainable earning opportunities, tackling the country’s growing unemployment crisis while playing its part in empowering talented, yet undiscovered, local female entrepreneurs.

Speaking about the launch, Nishani Singh, Director at Avon Justine Pty Ltd, says “While its positive to note that the ratio of South African women engaging in early stage entrepreneurial activity compared to men is on the rise (annual increase of 17%**), an environment that supports female entrepreneurs needs to be further nurtured if we are to address South Africa’s unemployment crisis through boosting our country’s entrepreneurial activity.

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