Gender and youth migration for empowerment: migration trends from Tanzania
Gemma Joan Nifasha Todd,
Benjamin Clarke,
Millie Marston,
Mark Urassa and
Jim Todd
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Gemma Joan Nifasha Todd: United Republic of Social Science, Tanzania
Benjamin Clarke: Colombia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, United States
Millie Marston: Deparment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Mark Urassa: National Institute of Medical research, Mwanza , Tanzania
Jim Todd: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Migration Letters, 2017, vol. 14, issue 2, 300-317
Abstract:
Migration remains a central concern in urbanisation, especially in Africa. With mobility, and migration, articulated as norms of the twenty-first century this paper introduces a focus on trending realities. The paper describes the migration to and from the rural hinterland of a medium-sized African city in Tanzania. By asking questions on migration trends within livelihoods, this project identifies the emerging demographic patterns, and geographies, within Tanzania. Analysis was carried out on a Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) database. The HDSS site data provides an overview of population movement in, out, and within, Kisesa, Tanzania. The results raise discussion concerning what mobility means and the connections between migration and urbanisation. The results raise two key points. Certain factors increase the ‘risk’ of migration: age, sex, place of residence, and being able to migrate individually. These risk factors as interconnected. Results highlight the need for a gender and age sensitive approach with feminising, and youthful, migration trends identified. Secondly, migration is not necessarily rural-urban, but rather increasingly involve local movements within the Kisesa ward and circular mobilities’.
Keywords: gender; youth; urbanisation; migration; Kisesa; Tanzania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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