Remoteness as a gendered construct

Flavian Lihwa, Christopher J. Johnstone, Matthew A.M. Thomas and Brooke Krause

Development in Practice, 2019, vol. 29, issue 4, 501-513

Abstract: This article explores the potential of using children’s perceptions of distance to reflect a gendered understanding of remoteness. Data collected from 1,549 children in Tanzania concerning their perceptions of remoteness in relation to accessibility of school, health care, and water resources were analysed in reference to their impact on school attendance and performance. Gendered variability in perceived distances to services by children may indicate that remoteness is as much of a social issue as it is a geographic phenomenon, in that girls perceive distance and time between home and destination to be further than boys who travel approximately the same distance.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1577358

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