Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa

by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780326300
• ISBN13: 9781780326306
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"