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Professor Gina Porter's Outputs (178)

Young men’s daily mobility needs and practices in two low income neighbourhoods of Cape Town: reflections on first mile experiences, using an innovative community peer research methodology (2025)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Rink, B., Maskiti, B., Clark, S., & Barber, C. (2025). Young men’s daily mobility needs and practices in two low income neighbourhoods of Cape Town: reflections on first mile experiences, using an innovative community peer research methodology. African Transport Studies, 3, Article 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aftran.2025.100033

Understanding how young men navigate their journeys is important in the context of improving safe mobility for all, especially for those resident in city neighbourhoods with high rates of crime and poverty. Over the past decade, knowledge has been ac... Read More about Young men’s daily mobility needs and practices in two low income neighbourhoods of Cape Town: reflections on first mile experiences, using an innovative community peer research methodology.

A Curated Walk with Peer Researchers and their Communities: Engaging a Research Journey Toward Meaningful Impact (2025)
Journal Article
Rink, B., Porter, G., Maskiti, B., Clark, S., & Barber, C. (2025). A Curated Walk with Peer Researchers and their Communities: Engaging a Research Journey Toward Meaningful Impact. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v18i1.9217

As a collective of peer researchers, scholars and members of a non-profit organisation, we have come together to share a curated walk through low-income communities in Cape Town and London. We do so with the intent of exploring the embodied and socia... Read More about A Curated Walk with Peer Researchers and their Communities: Engaging a Research Journey Toward Meaningful Impact.

Young women’s travel safety and the journey to work: reflecting on lived experiences of precarious mobility in three African cities (and the potential for transformative action) (2025)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Dayil, P. B., Dungey, C., Maskiti, B., de Lannoy, A., Clark, S., Ahmad, H., & Yahaya, M. J. (2025). Young women’s travel safety and the journey to work: reflecting on lived experiences of precarious mobility in three African cities (and the potential for transformative action). Journal of Transport Geography, 123, Article 104109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104109

The relationship between women's everyday lived travel experiences as daily commuters and their employment history and potential has not been adequately researched and documented in African contexts. This multidisciplinary study, utilising an innovat... Read More about Young women’s travel safety and the journey to work: reflecting on lived experiences of precarious mobility in three African cities (and the potential for transformative action).

Driven out: women’s employment, the transport sector and social reproduction in Grand Tunis (2023)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. C., Han, S., Keskes, H., & Porter, G. (2024). Driven out: women’s employment, the transport sector and social reproduction in Grand Tunis. Journal of Gender Studies, 33(3), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2023.2258075

Employment in the transport sector has historically proven to be male-dominated, even in countries like Tunisia which have evidenced public policy narratives and legal employment frameworks promoting gender equality. This paper presented the findings... Read More about Driven out: women’s employment, the transport sector and social reproduction in Grand Tunis.

The lived experiences of women workers in Africa's transport sector: Reflections from Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Dayil, P. B., Han, S., Dungey, C., …Ambrosini, S. (2023). The lived experiences of women workers in Africa's transport sector: Reflections from Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. Journal of Transport Geography, 112, Article 103695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103695

This paper draws on ethnographic research conducted 2019–2022 in three quite diverse city regions - Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis - to understand women's lived experiences of work in the road transport sector. The strength of connection between male ide... Read More about The lived experiences of women workers in Africa's transport sector: Reflections from Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis.

‘No place for a woman’: Access, exclusion, insecurity and the mobility regime in grand tunis (2023)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. C., Porter, G., Aouidet, H., Dungey, C., Han, S., Houiji, R., Jlassi, M., Keskes, H., Mansour, H., Nasser, W., Riahi, H., Riahi, S., & 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

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 situat... Read More about ‘No place for a woman’: Access, exclusion, insecurity and the mobility regime in grand tunis.

Peer research, power and ethics: Navigating participatory research in an Africa-focused mobilities study before and during Covid-19 (2023)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., Dungey, C., Akoshi, M., Bullus, P., Houiji, R., Matomane, S., …Usman, U. (2023). Peer research, power and ethics: Navigating participatory research in an Africa-focused mobilities study before and during Covid-19. In B. Percy-Smith, N. P. Thomas, C. O'Kane, & A. T. Imoh (Eds.), A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change. (2nd Edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003367758

This paper reflects on the transformative potential of a peer research project that was concerned with women’s access to travel in low-income neighbourhoods in three African cities – Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. For the young unemployed women who part... Read More about Peer research, power and ethics: Navigating participatory research in an Africa-focused mobilities study before and during Covid-19.

Dangers in the Third Place: Walking, Public Transport and the Experiences of Young Girls in Cape Town and Abuja (2023)
Book Chapter
Dungey, C. E., Ahmad, H., Yahaya, J. M., Adamu, F., Dayil, P. B., De Lannoy, A., & Porter, G. (2023). Dangers in the Third Place: Walking, Public Transport and the Experiences of Young Girls in Cape Town and Abuja. In Z. Moody, A. Berchtold-Sedooka, S. Camponovo, P. D. Jaffé, & F. Darbellay (Eds.), School Journey as a Third Place: Theories, Methods and Experiences Around The World. Anthem Press

Experiences of Women Workers in the African Road Transport Sector (2022)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., & Omwega, N. (2022). Experiences of Women Workers in the African Road Transport Sector. In T. Wright, L. Budd, & S. Ison (Eds.), Women, Work and Transport (55-69). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2044-994120220000016005

Male identity and motor-mobility are deeply intertwined across much of the globe but nowhere is this relationship more strongly in evidence than in Africa. On the African continent, road transport work has always appeared, in essence, to be a masculi... Read More about Experiences of Women Workers in the African Road Transport Sector.

Everyday mobility practices and the ethics of care: young women's reflections on social responsibility in the time of COVID-19 in three African cities (2022)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Murphy, E. C., Adamu, F., Delannoy, A., & Dungey, C. (2023). Everyday mobility practices and the ethics of care: young women's reflections on social responsibility in the time of COVID-19 in three African cities. Mobilities, 18(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2022.2039561

This paper draws principally from COVID-19 diaries written by young women whom we had previously trained as peer researchers in a mobility study of low-income neighbourhoods in Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. Some live with parents or older extended fami... Read More about Everyday mobility practices and the ethics of care: young women's reflections on social responsibility in the time of COVID-19 in three African cities.

Improving young women’s access to safe mobility in a low-income area of Tunis: Challenges and opportunities pre- and post-Covid (2022)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Murphy, E., Han, S., Mansour, H., Keskes, H., Dungey, C., Clark, S., & der Weijde, K. V. (2022). Improving young women’s access to safe mobility in a low-income area of Tunis: Challenges and opportunities pre- and post-Covid. Transportation Research Procedia, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2021.12.035

This paper explores the everyday transport and mobility challenges faced by young women living in one poor peripheral neighborhood of a North African city, Tunis. Discussion spans a two-year period covering conditions prior to and within the COVID-19... Read More about Improving young women’s access to safe mobility in a low-income area of Tunis: Challenges and opportunities pre- and post-Covid.

Innovative field research methodologies for more inclusive transport planning: Review and prospect (2021)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., & Dungey, C. (2021). Innovative field research methodologies for more inclusive transport planning: Review and prospect. In R. H. Pereira, & G. Boisjoly (Eds.), Social Issues in Transport Planning (273-303). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2021.06.006

This chapter focuses on innovative field research methodologies developed over the last few decades that have the potential to support and promote more inclusive transport planning. The review covers methodologies that have been tried out in the Glob... Read More about Innovative field research methodologies for more inclusive transport planning: Review and prospect.

Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19 (2021)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Dayil, P., De Lannoy, A., Han, S., Mansour, H., Dungey, C., Ahmad, H., Maskiti, B., S, C., & Van der Weidje, K. (2021). Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19. Transport Policy, 110, 181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.05.025

This paper reflects on the mobility experiences of women in African cities in COVID-19, based on research conducted both prior to and following entry into the COVID-19 ‘moment’. It draws on material collected during an ongoing action research study a... Read More about Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19.

Meeting Young People’s Mobility and Transport Needs: Review and Prospect (2019)
Journal Article
Porter, G., & Turner, J. (2019). Meeting Young People’s Mobility and Transport Needs: Review and Prospect. Sustainability, 11(22), Article 6193. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226193

This paper reviews published and grey literature on young people’s daily transport and mobility experiences and potential, with the aim of identifying major research gaps. It draws on literature across a range of disciplines where interest in mobilit... Read More about Meeting Young People’s Mobility and Transport Needs: Review and Prospect.

Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth (2019)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., De Lannoy, A., Tanle, A., & Owusu, S. (2020). Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth. Information Technology for Development, 26(1), 180-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2019.1622500

Data from qualitative and survey research with young people in 24 locations (urban and rural) across Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa expose the complex interplay between phone ownership and usage, female empowerment, and chronic poverty in Africa. We... Read More about Mobile phones, gender, and female empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: studies with African youth.

Gendered politics in rural roads: gender mainstreaming in Tanzania's transport sector (2019)
Journal Article
Mulongo, G., Porter, G., & Tewodros, A. (2019). Gendered politics in rural roads: gender mainstreaming in Tanzania's transport sector. Transport, 173(2), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.18.00153

This paper explores the impacts of gender mainstreaming initiatives in Tanzania's transport sector on the everyday reality of rural women's lives, including those facing multiple forms of discrimination. Using qualitative methods, including co-invest... Read More about Gendered politics in rural roads: gender mainstreaming in Tanzania's transport sector.

Mobility, transport and older people’s well being in sub-Saharan Africa: review and prospect (2018)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., Tewodros, A., & Gorman, M. (2018). Mobility, transport and older people’s well being in sub-Saharan Africa: review and prospect. In A. Curl, & C. Musselwhite (Eds.), Geographies of transport and ageing (75-100). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76360-6_4

This chapter presents a review of the very limited research on older people’s mobility and transport needs in urban and rural contexts across Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This is followed by reflections on recent mixed-methods research... Read More about Mobility, transport and older people’s well being in sub-Saharan Africa: review and prospect.