Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and
women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South …

Although the last decades have seen an advance in equality and empowerment for women,
there are still numerous challenges to be addressed. Among them, and particularly pressing …

Background Sexual violence is one of the most investigated types of violence by national
and international decision makers. The purpose of this study was to detect the factors that …

Background Urban informal settlements remain sites of high HIV incidence and prevalence,
as well as violence. Increasing attention is paid on how configurations of young men's …

It is estimated that about one-third of women ever experienced violence in their lifetime.
India has experienced steady urban growth accompanying increase of urban populations …

Delivering on development goals requires focusing on urban areas of the Global South. Not
only do threequarters of the world's urban inhabitants already live in Southern countries, but …

This paper explores women's perceptions of sources of vulnerability to Violence Against
Women (VAW) in urban public spaces and their response to this violence. The urban space …

Support for gender equality has increased globally, and studies of this trend usually
examine individual-and/or country-level factors. However, this overlooks subnational …

Since the 1970s, urbanisation across the globe has been shaped by corporate capital under
the neo-liberal policies of the state. Cities are treated as consumer products with massive …

Globally, one billion people live in informal settlements, and that number is expected to triple
by 2050. Studies suggests that health in informal settlements is a serious and growing …