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SUMMARY:Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practic
 es - Dr Alice Evans (Lecturer in Human Geography\, University of Cambridge
 ) 
DTSTART:20160125T170000Z
DTEND:20160125T183000Z
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:Across the world\, people in urban (rather than rural) areas a
 re more likely to support gender equality – in education\, employment an
 d leadership\, for example. Why is this? And what does it tell us about th
 e causes of egalitarian social change? Drawing on comparative\, rural-urba
 n ethnographic research from Zambia\, as well as a geographically diverse 
 literature\, this paper emphasises two features of the urban: heterogeneit
 y and proximity to services. It suggests that urban heterogeneity (owing t
 o multiple\, intersecting migration channels) increases the likelihood of 
 exposure to women undertaking socially valued\, masculine roles. Such expo
 sure seems to undermine gender ideologies and foster a positive feedback l
 oop\, with growing flexibility in gender divisions of labour. Additionally
 \, greater proximity to health clinics and police appears to enhance urban
  women's ability to control their fertility and secure external support ag
 ainst gender-based violence. However\, the urban is not inevitably disrupt
 ive. Experiences of the urban are shaped by international and national pol
 icies\, macro-economic conditions and individual circumstances. By explori
 ng rural-urban differences\, this paper seeks to contribute to the rich\, 
 existing literature on the drivers of change and continuity in gender ideo
 logies and practices\, as well as the social significance of urbanising Af
 rica.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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