Recycled Inequalities. Youth and gender in George compound, Zambia

Recycled Inequalities. Youth and gender in George compound, Zambia

Author: 
Schlyter, Ann
Place: 
Uppsala
Publisher: 
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Date published: 
1999
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ISBN: 
91-7106-455-9
ISSN: 
1104-8425
Call No: 
396.1 SCH
Abstract: 

This report addresses concerns about gender inequalities, democracy and deteriorating urban living conditions in Zambia. It presents a study of the reality facing youth born and raised in a peri-urban area, George compound in Lusaka. Changes in political and community organisation and deteriorating living conditions affect young women and men differently, and gender relations have to be renegotiated. The report voices the youth's concerns about their family situation and gender identity. Male gender identities based on breadwinning and sexual activity become problematic in times of unemployment and HIV. Young women tie their identity to motherhood, but some of those who get an education aim for a working career and relative independence before marriage. Existing gender inequalities are challenged but often recycled in slightly different forms.

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Research Report No. 114

CITATION: Schlyter, Ann. Recycled Inequalities. Youth and gender in George compound, Zambia . Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet , 1999. - Available at: https://library.au.int/recycled-inequalities-youth-and-gender-george-compound-zambia-5