Women and the informal economy in urban Africa
In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizensh...
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| description | In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizenship and continue to be weighed down by poor education, low income and confinement to domestic responsibilities due to patriarchic norms, a new form of urban dynamism - partly informed by the informal economy - is now enabling them to manage poverty, create jobs and link to the circuits of capital and labour. Relying on social ties, reciprocity, sharing and collaboration, women's informal 'solidarity entrepreneurialism' is taking them away from the margins of business activity and catapulting them into the centre.Bringing together key issues of gender, economic informality and urban planning in Africa, Kinyanjui demonstrates that women have become a critical factor in the making of a postcolonial city. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-946012024-03-28T10:54:29Z Women and the informal economy in urban Africa Kinyanjui, Mary Njeri Towns Informal sector Women's role Women's participation Social movements Gender analysis Hidden economy Urbanization Urban planning Case studies Africa Kenya Nairobi Women in development thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVS Regional / urban economics thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa::1HFG East Africa::1HFGK Kenya In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizenship and continue to be weighed down by poor education, low income and confinement to domestic responsibilities due to patriarchic norms, a new form of urban dynamism - partly informed by the informal economy - is now enabling them to manage poverty, create jobs and link to the circuits of capital and labour. Relying on social ties, reciprocity, sharing and collaboration, women's informal 'solidarity entrepreneurialism' is taking them away from the margins of business activity and catapulting them into the centre.Bringing together key issues of gender, economic informality and urban planning in Africa, Kinyanjui demonstrates that women have become a critical factor in the making of a postcolonial city. 2022-12-06T16:13:32Z 2022-12-06T16:13:32Z 2014 book ONIX_20221206_9781780326320_124 9781780326320 9781780326306 9781780326313 9781780326337 9781350224032 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94601 eng Africa Now image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://bloomsbury.com/9781780326306 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-1877 The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) Zed Books 10.5040/9781350224032 10.5040/9781350224032 7ee4a7c6-060a-4f97-b274-d06b79c44563 9781780326320 9781780326306 9781780326313 9781780326337 9781350224032 Zed Books 140 Uppsala; London open access |
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| topic | Towns Informal sector Women's role Women's participation Social movements Gender analysis Hidden economy Urbanization Urban planning Case studies Africa Kenya Nairobi Women in development thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVS Regional / urban economics thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa::1HFG East Africa::1HFGK Kenya |
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