Urbanisation and urban growth have accelerated in many developing countries in the past few years due to natural population growth and rural-urban migration. The processes of urbanisation have been shaped ...more

The urban planning process in the Sol Plaatje Municipality of South Africa was the first in the area to actively promote awareness among women and introduce mechanisms and policies for ...more

Women's views are rarely taken into account in urban planning processes. Yet women's needs and interests differ from men's in relation to services such as transport and health, and infrastructure. ...more

The way in which men and women are affected by conflict differs, as do their needs, views and priorities in rebuilding their society after war. It is therefore critical that ...more

Problems of homelessness are rooted in the historical dispossession and dislocation of Africans generally, and African women in particular, by the colonial and apartheid state in South Africa. At present, ...more