Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

Authors :: Annie Wilkinson
Joseph Macarthy
Abu Conteh
Source :: Gender & Development. 29:111-129
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2021.
Abstract: This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occup...

Subjects :: Gender Studies
Intersectionality
Social characteristics
Human settlement
Geography, Planning and Development
Vulnerability
Lens (geology)
Gender studies
Sociology
Development
Informal settlements
Sierra leone

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