Recycled Inequalities: Youth and Gender in George Compound, ZambiaNordic Africa Institute, 1999 - 135 pages This report addresses concerns about gender inequalities, democracy and deteriorating urban living conditions in Zambia. A study of the reality facing youth born and raised in a peri-urban area, George compound in Lusaka, is presented and the youth’s concerns about their family situation and gender identity are voiced. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Methodology and presentation of informants | 21 |
Living conditionshouses and environment | 33 |
Politics in transition | 49 |
Urban life and identities | 66 |
Households in transition | 79 |
Marriage and power | 91 |
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