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A Gendered Perspective of the Shelter--Transport--Livelihood Link: The Case of Poor Women in Delhi

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  • Anvita Anand
  • Geetam Tiwari

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Women form an important part of the workforce originating from the slums in the city of Delhi, India. The paper illustrates that women spend more time travelling on slower modes of transport to access work; the faster modes are more expensive. Their time--poverty demands they look for work at shorter distances from home. The basic argument presented is that their ability to contribute to the alleviation of their standard of living and their status in society is severely curtailed by their limited mobility and the constrained accessibility to the transport system of the city. This transport deprivation becomes further exacerbated by the process of forced eviction and relocation of low‐income households to the periphery of the city, causing the women to lose livelihood opportunities.

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  • Anvita Anand & Geetam Tiwari, 2005. "A Gendered Perspective of the Shelter--Transport--Livelihood Link: The Case of Poor Women in Delhi," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 63-80, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:26:y:2005:i:1:p:63-80
    DOI: 10.1080/01441640500175615
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    1. World Bank, 2011. "A Gender Assessment of Mumbai's Public Transport," World Bank Publications - Reports 12347, The World Bank Group.

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