Article ID: | iaor20071975 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 216 |
End Page Number: | 234 |
Publication Date: | May 1999 |
Journal: | Journal of Asian and African Studies |
Authors: | Njoh A.J. |
Keywords: | developing countries |
Major factors contributing to transport problems women face include societal attitudes, urban-biased development schemes, gender-based discriminatory transport policies, inappropriate spatial organization, and negative trends in the country's economy. Argues that the uniqueness of women-specific transport problems warrants special and calculated action on the part of planners and policy makers in a developing nation such as Cameroon. Suggests remedial steps.