Youth Transport, Mobility and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Gendered Journey to School

G. Porter, K. Hampshire, A. Abane, A. Munthali, E. Robson, M. Mashiri, Augustine Tanle
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This article reports on a study of the gender differences in children's journeys to school in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors draw on empirical data from a three-country study (Ghana, Malawi, South Africa) of young people’s mobility. They note that gender differences in school enrollment and attendance in Africa are well established: education statistics in many countries indicate that girls’ participation in formal education is often substantially lower than boys’, especially at secondary school level. Transport and mobility issues are an important piece of this phenomenon, though the precise patterning of the transportation and mobility constraints experienced by girl schoolchildren, and the ways in which transport factors interact with other constraints, varies from region to region. In some contexts, the journey to school represents a particularly hazardous enterprise for girls because they face a serious threat of rape. In other cases girls’ journeys to school and school attendance are hampered by Africa’s transportation gap and cultural conventions which require females to take on this burden (by pedestrian head loading) before leaving for (or instead of attending) school. The authors draw principally on a survey questionnaire conducted in each country with approximately 1000 children aged 7-18 years across 8 sites. They draw attention to the diversity of gendered travel experiences across geographical locations (paying attention to associated patterns of transport provision) and to explore the implications of these findings for access to education. The article concludes with a section of suggestions regarding areas where policy intervention could be beneficial. They call for a stronger emphasis on gendered transport, mobility and access issues in the development policy and practitioner community.
撒哈拉以南非洲的青年交通、流动性和安全:性别化的上学之旅
本文报道了一项关于撒哈拉以南非洲儿童上学过程中性别差异的研究。作者利用了一项关于年轻人流动性的三国研究(加纳、马拉维、南非)的经验数据。他们注意到,非洲在入学和出勤方面的性别差异是公认的:许多国家的教育统计数字表明,女孩接受正规教育的人数往往大大低于男孩,特别是在中学一级。运输和流动性问题是这一现象的重要组成部分,尽管女童学童所经历的运输和流动性限制的确切模式以及运输因素与其他限制相互作用的方式因区域而异。在某些情况下,上学对女孩来说是一项特别危险的事业,因为她们面临着严重的强奸威胁。在其他情况下,女孩上学和出勤率受到非洲交通差距和文化习俗的阻碍,这些习俗要求女性在离开学校(或不上学)之前承担这种负担(通过步行头载)。作者主要利用在每个国家8个地点对大约1000名7-18岁儿童进行的调查问卷。它们提请注意跨地理位置的性别旅行经验的多样性(注意有关的运输提供模式),并探讨这些调查结果对获得教育的影响。文章最后就政策干预可能有益的领域提出了一段建议。他们呼吁在发展政策和实践者群体中更加强调性别运输、流动性和准入问题。
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