What characterizes poor women's politicization in the post-revolution city? Linking the
literature on informal city-making in the Middle East and North Africa region to the literature …

How are poor women politicized in the post-revolution city? I highlight women's everyday
experiences of homemaking, where the intimacy of the home shaped through debt becomes …

This article focuses on the Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC) in Cape Town, South Africa, which
is part of the larger anti-privatization movement, mobilized by disadvantaged township …

Women play a key role in organized urban poor resistance in Manila. While social
reproduction has led to exploitation and suffering, it concomitantly situates women at the …

This article is situated at the intersection of urban restructuring, cultural conservatism and
neoliberalism in the Turkish context to understand the new subject formations of poor …

Urban spaces, often emerging outside formal, recognized boundaries, underscore the
pivotal role women play in shaping these environments. Despite the enduring influence of …

This chapter stresses the importance of two analytical considerations in understanding the
relationship between gender and poverty in the Global South: first, the deep informality of …

The rise of neoliberalism as a development paradigm has brought to the fore a constellation
of ideas promoting community&based development strategies. Spearheaded by a variety of …

Drawing on ethnographic data, this article explores migrant women's relationships and
encounters with the state in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Focusing on the …

Young women in township spaces aspire towards lifestyles that demonstrate affluence, a
different socio-economic reality than the scarcity characterising their socio-economic space …