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Cities, slums and gender in the Global South: towards a feminised urban future

Chant, Sylvia ORCID: 0000-0002-0020-3751 and McIlwaine, Cathy (2015) Cities, slums and gender in the Global South: towards a feminised urban future. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415721646

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Identification Number: 10.4324/9781315862996

Abstract

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in ‘slums’. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective. This book revolves around conceptualisation of the ‘gender-urban-slum interface’ which explains key elements to understanding women’s experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also alleviated. Included is a review of the demographic factors which are increasingly making cities everywhere ‘feminised spaces’, such as increased rural-urban migration among women, demographic ageing, and rising proportions of female-headed households in urban areas. Discussions focus in particular on education, paid and unpaid work, access to land, property and urban services, violence, intra-urban mobility, and political participation and representation. This book will be of use to researchers and professionals concerned with gender and development, urbanisation and rural-urban migration.

Item Type: Book
Official URL: https://www.routledge.com/
Additional Information: © 2016 The Authors
Divisions: Gender Studies
Geography & Environment
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2015 09:49
Last Modified: 20 Feb 2024 07:12
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63155

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