Heavy wings: women's urban lives in deprived neighbourhoods of Rabat, Morocco

Safaa Monqid (1)

1 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3

This paper considers different forms of appropriation of public spaces and ways of inhabiting the city on the part of women living in deprived neighbourhoods of a Moroccan city, Rabat. I look at their uses of space, different from those of women of other socio-economic backgrounds, and the material and symbolic difficulties that they encounter in a city traditionally seen as a masculine sphere. However, women do seem to be finding their place, both by strongly appropriating their neighbourhood, and by gaining access to the city centre, particularly for younger women.

Mots clés: women; deprived neighbourhood; mobility; constraints; community; city centre; spatial justice

Domaines: Géographie; Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Safaa Monqid. Heavy wings: women's urban lives in deprived neighbourhoods of Rabat, Morocco . Justice spatiale = Spatial justice, 2011, Gender, sexual identities and spatial justice, 3, http://www.jssj.org/article/les-ailes-lourdes-pratiques-urbaines-des-femmes-des-quartiers-defavorises-de-rabat/. ⟨halshs-01722414⟩