Women's rights

A place to live : gender research on housing in Africa

Medarbetare:	Schlyter, Ann | Arnfred, Signe
Utgivare:	Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Africa, Housing, Women's rights, Land ownership, Gender, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

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 surviving strategies of all urban households. In this volume the authors explore the gendered experiences of housing and housing rights in African countries. 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 often are the bread-winners, they are also the home-makers, in the sense that it is women who put intense efforts in making a place home.