Poor women in Lesotho endure a triple jeopardy of exploitation by patriarchy, capitalism and
the state. To escape from this jeopardy increasing numbers of poor women are entering the …

In urban Africa, informal employment constitutes 90 per cent of all new jobs. Informal work is
characterised by being unrecognised, unprotected or unrecorded by the public authorities …

High levels of unemployment, widespread poverty and growing inequality in South Africa
have led to an emphasis on employment as a solution to these problems. In the current post …

The paper explains the role of women in the informal sector in Nigeria, the constraints of
women in the sector, and how the sector can be upgraded and progressively integrated into …

This study explores the views and attitudes of women in Lesotho about their present status
as women and the conditions under which they participate in the development process …

South African policy discourses about the feminisation of poverty have been dominated by
the notion that poor women remain poor because they are trapped in the “second economy” …

Literature on labour in Lesotho has concentrated on the problems of male migrant workers
and female dependents, saying little about women as migrant workers themselves, as wage …

This chapter examines urban women's livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa within the context
of economic liberalization, the growing informalization of labour relations and an …

The ongoing expansion of the informal economy in the face of liberalisation and
globalisation has fuelled debates about whether women's increased participation in informal …