A Place to Live: Gender Research on Housing in Africa
- ISBN-10
- 9171063889
- ISBN-13
- 9789171063885
- Series
- A Place to Live
- Category
- Discrimination in housing
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nordic Africa Institute
- Author
- Ann Schlyter
Description
Be it a house or a makeshift, a shared or rented room, or a home of one's own, a place to live is central in the survival strategies of all urban households. In this volume the above authors explore the gendered experiences of housing and housing rights in African countries. The collection begins with articles on conceptual and methodological problems in gender-aware research. The following articles present cases showing a wide variety in housing experiences, a variety which depends on urban setting, tenure forms, stage in the life cycle or other factors. There are many differences but also many similarities in the pattern of women not having the same access and control over housing as men have. While women are often the main bread-winners, they are also the home-makers, in the literal sense that it is women who put intense efforts into making a place home.
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