Liberia, April 23 -- Summary:

By Tetee Gebro, gender correspondent with New Narratives

WATERSIDE MARKET, Monrovia - Bessy Toe sat behind small piles of sugar, flour and milk here one day recently, watching the hours pass. Business used to move, she said. Now, goods stay too long on the table, and sometimes they must be sold at a loss to avoid spoilage.

At home, the impact is being felt by her whole family. Where there used to be eight cups of rice to eat, now there may be five or six.

"Before one customer can come, two to three hours will pass," she said.

Across Liberia, market women are telling the same story: business is slow, prices are high, and survival is getting harder.

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