Title:
The relation between access to water poverty and patriarchy : the case of women slum dwellers in Kibera Kenya
Author:
Odeny, Millicent Akinyi
Published:
University of Pretoria, Thesis (LLD), February 2020
[A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirement of an award of The Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) in the Faculty of Law at The university of Pretoria.]
Research problem:
"The lack of access to adequate, safe, close, and affordable water and sanitation in Kenya motivates this thesis. The main research problem that I investigate is the position of women slum dwellers in Kibera, Kenya, concerning access to water and sanitation and how access to water is affected by their status as impoverished women. I aim to unearth the relation between access to water, poverty, and patriarchy to underscore the impact of inadequate access on women slum dwellers of Kibera and the coping mechanisms employed to alleviate the problem."