WUNRN
Women in Cities International &
Jagori
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Research Report:
For many poor women and men, young
and old, the right to live in the city with dignity, safety, security and with
livelihoods remains out of reach. Delhi, like many other cities of the world
has seen a growing divide between richer and poorer residents and a re-shaping
of the geography of the city based on an inequitable distribution of land,
housing and essential municipal services.
The research presented
here shows that a gender analysis of infrastructure, facilities and services is
critical to understanding women’s and men’s daily living in slums, re-location
colonies postevictions, resettlement colonies, un-regularized slums and other
settlements of the poor, be they legal or illegal. Gender-neutral
infrastructure and services have a greater impact on the lives of poor women
and girls than poor men and boys due to their responsibilities in household
management and the provision of domestic services.
Evictions have meant
the loss of employment for many women and men and a gap in the education of
both boys and girls. Generally speaking, women spend more time in low-income
settlements than men. Usually, employment permitting, men leave the settlements
for work, as do some women. However, women are left in the settlements in
greater numbers to sustain daily living and to raise children.
The results from the
action research described here demonstrate explicit links between gender,
infrastructure and poverty......