Exploring livelihood strategies employed by women street food …
In Botswana, street food vending, the most visible form of the informal sector trading, has evolved to be a survivalist activity that women populate. Increasing poverty levels, gender inequalities, and high unemployment rates have resulted in poor urban women being vulnerable to the stresses and shocks caused by these factors.
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Gaborone is the political and economic capital of Botswana, home to its largest companies and the Botswana Stock Exchange. It is also serves as the headquarters of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [17] . The main spoken languages in the city include Setswana (Tswana), English, Kalanga, and Kgalagadi.
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Beyond modernist planning: understanding urban street vending in Botswana
As indicated earlier on, the main focus of the second study was on young women engaged in street vending activities in Gaborone. However, the study moved beyond popular conceptions which regard street vending as either an aberration of economic failure by the state to provide adequate employment in the formal sector or as a mere form of self ...
A synthesis of changing patterns in the demographic profiles of …
Regarding the issue of single women participating in street vending, Joseph (2011)’s study on urban street vendors in Gaborone, Botswana showed that single women made up the majority of street vendors (69.2 percent). By comparison, single male …
Street vending, a major source of livelihood for struggling F/town ...
2024年2月16日 · Rising unemployment rates in Francistown have led to economic challenges, prompting both older and younger adults to take to the streets in search of livelihoods. Officials in the city attribute the surge in street vending to residents’ attempts to sustain themselves financially, given the city’s staggering unemployment rate of 45.3 percent.
understand contextual factors shaping youth livelihoods in Botswana from the perspective of young women engaged in street vending in Gaborone. The two studies revealed that street
Women’s dominance in the informal sector in Gaborone, Botswana
2015年3月10日 · Convenience and purposive sampling were used to select 12 women who operate particular informal businesses around Gaborone. Using in-depth interviews, observation and photography, the study established that the women dominate the informal business sector due to unemployment which is a result of low levels of education.
The informal business sector; a survival strategy for female urban …
This study has sought to find out why women are dominant in the informal sector and to establish the kind of support they get. The study is meant to suggest a paradigm shift in the formulation of strategies meant to alleviate poverty.
Women: The drivers of Botswana's informal sector
2020年5月29日 · Women of diverse skills and backgrounds in Botswana dominate the informal sector, being entrepreneurs of businesses such as food and airtime vending, hairdressing, domestic work and many more....
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