Gina Porter
(Durham University)
Emma Murphy
(Durham University)
Fatima Lamishi Adamu
(Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto)
Plangsat Dayil
(University of Jos)
Kimberley van der Weijde
Sam Clark
(Transaid)
Format:
Panel
Streams:
Knowledge production
Sessions:
Wednesday 6 July, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Building justice-oriented partnerships to support vulnerable groups in low-income urban peripheries.
Panel P04 at conference DSA2022: Just sustainable futures in an urbanising and mobile world.
This session explores new and emerging partnerships that are being developed to promote knowledge production in the urban peripheries of low and middle income countries, especially those aimed at supporting vulnerable groups in pursuit of just, sustainable futures.
Long Abstract:
This session addresses conference theme 5: Urbanising futures and knowledge production. It focuses attention on new and emerging partnerships that are being developed to promote knowledge production in the urban peripheries of low and middle income countries, especially those aimed at supporting vulnerable groups [e.g. young women, people with a disability, older people etc] in pursuit of just, sustainable futures. The papers in the session will explore partnerships that are active in one or more low-income urban peripheries, and include reference to the methods being employed and the challenges and opportunities that partnership presents. Papers could relate to partnerships between any of the following: academics, international non-governmental organisations, local non-governmental organisations, local government, national government, peripheral communities, the private sector. We particularly welcome papers that focus on mobility justice in urban peripheries.
Methodology: Session panellists will upload short [10 minute maximum] pre-recorded powerpoint presentations. Panellists will be expected to watch other people's presentations in advance of the synchronous discussion session. The convenors will review the pre-recorded presentations and identify key questions specifically focused on partnership, aiming for a spread of questions across the different types of partners and partnerships that form presentation foci. These questions will be prompts for the synchronous discussion initiated by the convenors. Each presenter will give a 2 minute pitch to summarise their partnership's attributes and challenges and another 2 minutes to address a key question from the convenors directed at further exploring the features outlined. Discussion will then open to the audience with convenors' moderation.
This paper analyses rural women's lived experiences of migration in Vietnam. Using narratives of migrant women, we show that women exercise their agency in decisions of leaving families, in exploring different livelihood options and settling with domestic work in spite of associated difficulties.
Paper long abstract:
This paper investigates the ways in which women exercise their agency in leaving native villages, migrating to urban spaces, exploring different livelihood options and settling with domestic work in spite of difficulties associated with it. Using qualitative data collected from 52 migrant women domestic workers in Hanoi (2019-2021), our analysis finds that women are self-determining individuals with an ability to exercise their agency. While much scholarship has focused on the challenges faced by women due to the precarity of the job, an inclusive feminist lens to domestic workers socio-economic condition would use their voice and 'lived experience' to tell their story instead of imposing a particular narrative. The picture that emerges from this study shows that rural migrant domestic workers have better incomes compared to their earlier occupations, are able to pay off their debts, educate their children, pursue their dreams for a better life, feel healthier and happier in urban Hanoi in spite of daily challenges at work and social life. This points to the need for ongoing and closer engagement with marginalised and invisible groups of women, such as migrant domestic workers, by scholars and support organisation, in order to better understand their perspective and to advocate for their greater social and economic inclusion in the mainstream economy. Conceptualising, imagining and researching just, sustainable and prosperous futures must take into account the voices and agency of migrant rural women in the discourse on urbanisation.
We reflect on a three-year collaboration between young unemployed women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel and transport in the Tunis city region.
Paper long abstract:
This paper reflects on a three-year collaboration between young unemployed women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel and transport in the Tunis city region. Women are currently widely discriminated against with regard to access and use of transport in Tunis (as in many other African cities), but for young women resident in low-income peripheral areas the travel hurdles are particularly substantial. Major concerns around safety and security, combined with wider problems associated with expensive, low quality, irregular transport services, severely reduce young women’s access to training and work opportunities. Working with the peer research team as active partners we have engaged with a wider group of stakeholders from the public, private and third sectors involved in the city’s transport planning. Our aim has been to open a space where young women can contribute to transport decision-making in their city, and thus help address the transport and travel challenges that have such negative impact on their lives and life chances. We aim to chart the experiences and reflections of three different groups of actors – the peer researchers themselves, the academics who led the initial peer research training and set up the consultative group meetings, and the local and INGO staff who have led the final stage of the project involving the pilot skills training interventions.
This paper reflects on a three-year collaboration between young unemployed women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel and transport in the Abuja city region.
Paper long abstract:
This paper reflects on a three-year collaboration between young unemployed women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel and transport in the Abuja city region. Women are currently widely discriminated against with regard to access and use of transport in Abuja (as in many other African cities), but for young women resident in low-income peripheral areas the travel hurdles are particularly substantial. Major concerns around safety and security related to issues such as danger of kidnap, combined with wider problems associated with expensive, low quality, irregular transport services, severely reduce young women’s access to training and work opportunities. Working with the peer research team as active partners we have engaged with a wider group of stakeholders from the public, private and third sectors involved in the city’s transport planning. Our aim has been to open a space where young women can contribute to transport decision-making in their city, and thus help address the transport and travel challenges that have such a negative impact on their lives and life chances. We aim to chart the experiences and reflections of three different groups of actors – the peer researchers themselves, the academics who led the initial peer research training and set up the consultative group meetings, and the INGO staff who have led the final stage of the project involving the pilot skills training interventions. We accredit the success of this paper to a group of young women working under the umbrella of the Abuja Peer Research Team whose contribution was integral to the success of this study. They are:
This paper reflects on a three-year collaboration between young women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel and transport in the Cape Town city region.
Paper long abstract:
This paper reflects on a three-year collaboration between young women, academics and NGO staff in an interdisciplinary action research study focused on improving women's access to safe travel in the Cape Town city region.
Women are widely discriminated against with regard to access and use of transport in Cape Town, but for young female residents in low-income peripheral areas, the day to day travel related challenges are substantial. Threats to women's safety range from verbal harassment to serious forms of gender-based violence including robbery, kidnap and rape. Effective and reliable reporting mechanisms are largely absent, heightening the frequency and severity of these issues. Female users of public transport also prioritise concerns linked to road safety, vehicle condition and poor customer service including a lack of respect towards commuters. Women employed in the industry also face exposure to monumental levels of violence amongst rival minibus taxi associations.
The women's desk at the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) have collaborated with NGO partners, to engage with a wide group of transport stakeholders from the public, private and third sectors as well as groups women's rights organisations. The aim has been to support young women to play a more active role in influencing transport services in their city both as users and as workers in the minibus taxi sector, thus helping to address some of the transport challenges that so negatively impact on their lives. These pilot interventions present scalable solutions demonstrating the effectiveness of collaborative working amongst stakeholders from multiple sectors.
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Emma Murphy (Durham University)
Fatima Lamishi Adamu (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto)
Plangsat Dayil (University of Jos)
Kimberley van der Weijde
Sam Clark (Transaid)
Short Abstract:
This session explores new and emerging partnerships that are being developed to promote knowledge production in the urban peripheries of low and middle income countries, especially those aimed at supporting vulnerable groups in pursuit of just, sustainable futures.
Long Abstract:
This session addresses conference theme 5: Urbanising futures and knowledge production. It focuses attention on new and emerging partnerships that are being developed to promote knowledge production in the urban peripheries of low and middle income countries, especially those aimed at supporting vulnerable groups [e.g. young women, people with a disability, older people etc] in pursuit of just, sustainable futures. The papers in the session will explore partnerships that are active in one or more low-income urban peripheries, and include reference to the methods being employed and the challenges and opportunities that partnership presents. Papers could relate to partnerships between any of the following: academics, international non-governmental organisations, local non-governmental organisations, local government, national government, peripheral communities, the private sector. We particularly welcome papers that focus on mobility justice in urban peripheries.
Methodology: Session panellists will upload short [10 minute maximum] pre-recorded powerpoint presentations. Panellists will be expected to watch other people's presentations in advance of the synchronous discussion session. The convenors will review the pre-recorded presentations and identify key questions specifically focused on partnership, aiming for a spread of questions across the different types of partners and partnerships that form presentation foci. These questions will be prompts for the synchronous discussion initiated by the convenors. Each presenter will give a 2 minute pitch to summarise their partnership's attributes and challenges and another 2 minutes to address a key question from the convenors directed at further exploring the features outlined. Discussion will then open to the audience with convenors' moderation.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -