I think a woman who travels a lot is befriending other men and that's why she travels': Mobility constraints and their implications for rural women and girls in sub-saharan Africa;Creo que una mujer que viaja mucho está conociendo otros hombres, y por eso viaja': Limitaciones de movilidad y sus implicancias para las mujeres y niñas rurales en el á frica subsahariana

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-81

  Porter, Gina ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Health; Markets; Mobility; Promiscuity; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SERVICES; LABOR DIVISION; MOBILITY; PATRIARCHY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

GHANA; MALAWI; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 78751657871     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.535304     Document Type: Article

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