ABSTRACT

Gender-based structural inequalities in Southern African cities continue to drive poverty and food insecurity in spite of decades of development efforts to raise the social, economic, and political status of women relative to men. A 2014 survey of household food security in Maputo found that female headship is closely associated with food insecurity. This article assesses the role of employment and education in explaining this phenomenon in the city of Maputo. Using household survey data, this investigation defines the extent to which the relationship between the sex of the household head and food insecurity appears to be conditionally dependent upon employment and education. The findings provide further impetus to urban policy makers to operationalise gender equality goals.

摘要

尽管为提高女性相对于男性的社会、经济和政治地位进行了数十年的发展努力，但南部非洲城市中基于性别的结构性不平等继续导致贫困和粮食不安全。2014 年马普托家庭粮食安全调查发现，女性掌舵与粮食不安全密切相关。本文评估了就业和教育在解释马普托市这一现象方面的作用。该调查使用住户调查数据，确定了户主性别与粮食不安全之间的关系似乎有条件地依赖于就业和教育的程度。调查结果进一步推动城市政策制定者实现性别平等目标。