A place to live : gender research on housing in Africa

Abstract

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.

<p>CONTENTS: 1. Introduction / Ann Schlyter -- 2. Conducting Gender Research in Zambia / Mulela Margaret Munalula -- 3. Rethinking Law in a Gender Perspective / Signe Arnfred -- 4. Women's and Men's Right to Land in Eastern Africa / Diana Lee-Smith -- 5. Housing Conflicts and Women's Strategies in Lesotho / Anita Larsson -- 6. Gendered Housing Responsibilities in an Unauthorised “Settlement in Mali” / Mariken Vaa -- 7. Housing for Domestic Workers in Swaziland / Miranda Miles -- 8. Women Owners, Tenants and Sharers in Botswana / Kavita Datta -- 9. Gender, Generation, and Access to Housing in Zambia / Karen Tranberg Hansen -- 10. Beer Brewing and Housing Strategies in Lesotho / Matseliso Mapetla -- 11. Women's Groups and Shelter Improvement in Kenya / Joyce Malombe</p>