Harsh Realities: Marginalized Women in Cities of the Developing World

Download or read book Harsh Realities: Marginalized Women in Cities of the Developing World written by United Nations Women and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For women and girls, urbanization is often associated with greater access to education and employment opportunities, lower fertility rates, and increased independence. Yet women are often denied the same benefits and opportunities that cities offer to men. Moreover, women are frequently excluded from efforts to create more equitable and sustainable cities. Women living in urban slums particularly endure multiple hardships, with basic needs such as durable housing and access to clean water and improved sanitation facilities often going unmet. This analysis, based on data from 59 low- and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Southern Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, finds that women and their families bear the brunt of growing income inequality and failures to adequately plan for and respond to rapid urbanization.