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‘No place for a woman’: Access, exclusion, insecurity and the mobility regime in grand tunis

Murphy, Emma C.; Porter, Gina; Aouidet, Hamida; Dungey, Claire; Han, Saerom; Houiji, Rania; Jlassi, Mariem; Keskes, Hanen; Mansour, Hichem; Nasser, Wiem; Riahi, Hanen; Riahi, Sihem; Zaghoud, Hamza

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Authors

Hamida Aouidet

Claire Dungey

Saerom Han

Rania Houiji

Mariem Jlassi

Hanen Keskes

Hichem Mansour

Wiem Nasser

Hanen Riahi

Sihem Riahi

Hamza Zaghoud



Abstract

Drawing on an innovative peer researcher method, this paper uses mobility diaries and in-transit interviews to examine the everyday travel experiences of women from socio-economically marginalised neighbourhoods in metropolitan Grand Tunis. It situates those experiences, and the practices they deploy to navigate them, within a meso-level discussion of women’s social condition in Tunisia and a macro-level political economy of the Tunis transport system. Together these shed light on the multi-layered intersecting disadvantages which shape women’s place in the prevailing mobility regime, pushing already marginalised women into transport poverty and social exclusion. The paper highlights the subsequent constraints on women’s access to the resources which might allow them to improve their lives, and the significance of travel-related violence and insecurity on their everyday lives.

Citation

Murphy, E. C., Porter, G., Aouidet, H., Dungey, C., Han, S., Houiji, R., …Zaghoud, H. (2023). ‘No place for a woman’: Access, exclusion, insecurity and the mobility regime in grand tunis. Geoforum, 142, Article 103753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103753

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 13, 2023
Online Publication Date May 4, 2023
Publication Date 2023-06
Deposit Date Jun 7, 2023
Publicly Available Date Jun 12, 2023
Journal Geoforum
Print ISSN 0016-7185
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 142
Article Number 103753
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103753
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1170624

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