USING THE BICYCLE FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN AFRICA

Without access to vehicles, women in Mozambique are forced to spend as much as six hours a day collecting and carrying water, firewood, and agricultural supplies, mostly on their heads. With so much time consumed meeting the family's basic needs, Mozambican women and their children are trapped living at subsistence levels. Providing women access to basic mobility via a bicycle is one step towards breaking out of the cycle of subsistence-level poverty.

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  http://www.itdp.org/ST/ST6/ST6MOZ.doc
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  Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

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• Authors:
  • Overton, K
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 6-10
• Serial:
  • Sustainable Transport
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
  • ISSN: 1536-2523
  • Serial URL: http://www.itdp.org/ST/index.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Children; Females; Low income groups; Mobility
• Geographic Terms: Mozambique
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726841
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 15 1996 12:00AM