The Sexual Division of Labour in the Urban Informal Sector: The Case of Some Townships in Lusaka

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Title:	The Sexual Division of Labour in the Urban Informal Sector: The Case of Some Townships in Lusaka
Author:	Bardouille, Raj
Year:	1981
Periodical:	African Social Research
Issue:	32
Period:	December
Pages:	29-54
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zambia
Subjects:	gender relations market women urban women Labor and Employment Women's Issues Economics and Trade
Abstract:	The nature of the sexual division of labour of the urban poor in the townships of Lusaka is examined with particular attention being paid to women's activities in the retail sector, in which most women are concentrated. The article focuses on the determinants, such as age and sex, of different scales of activities, the different degrees of autonomy in the production process, and the extent of subordination of informal sector operators to capital. It also analyses the nature of structural, technical and cultural constraints and whether such constraints affect women and men differently; the scope for upward mobility, and the extent to which such upward mobility is determined by the sex of the informal sector operator. - Note, ref., tab.