1. Introduction: cities and slums in the Global South -- the importance of gender 2. Analysing gender in cities of the South: introducing the 'gender-urban-slum interface' 3. Gendered access to land and housing in cities and slums 4. Gender and services in cities and slums 5. Gender and health: an urban penalty for slumdwelling women? 6. Gender-based violence in cities and slums 7. Gender, mobility and connectivity 8. Gender and urban productivity: education, employment and entrepreneurship 9. Gender, urban politics and governance 10. Conclusion: creating more gender-equitable cities

Sylvia Chant is Professor of Development Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Cathy McIlwaine is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in 'slums'. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective.
This book revolves around conceptualisation of the 'gender-urban-slum interface' which explains key elements to understanding women's experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also alleviated. Included is a review of the demographic factors which are increasingly making cities everywhere 'feminised spaces', such as increased rural-urban migration among women, demographic ageing, and rising proportions of female-headed households in urban areas. Discussions focus in particular on education, paid and unpaid work, access to land, property and urban services, violence, intra-urban mobility, and political participation and representation.
This book will be of use to researchers and professionals concerned with gender and development, urbanisation and rural-urban migration.