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Iyer, Soundarya and Rao, Nitya 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147
(2024)
Inclusion or exclusion? Gendered experiences and strategies of migrants in informal settlements in Bengaluru.
Indian Journal of Human Development, 18 (1).
pp. 20-41.
ISSN 2456-480X
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Abstract
Internal migration, nearly four times more than the migration across national boundaries, accounts for the largest human movements in the world. In context of agrarian distress, circular migration between the rural and the urban is a common livelihood trajectory of at least 100 million Indians. It is known that circular migrants face numerous economic and social challenges of survival in the city. This article focuses on gendered experiences and strategies adopted by migrants for inclusion in informal settlements in Bengaluru. Drawing on the concepts of social exclusion, inclusion and agency, we use household surveys (n = 1,109) in 30 informal settlements in Bengaluru in 2016, semi-structured interviews (n = 20) in one informal settlement, key informant interviews (n = 5) and participant observation in events and meetings in the city to illustrate individual and collective strategies used by diverse groups and the ways in which these are gendered. We find that the length of stay in the settlement is a crucial determinant of social inclusion in the city.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This study was carried out under the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions project, one of the four research programmes under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia, funded by the UK Government\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the International Development Research Centre, Canada. Iyer carried out additional work under the ASSAR-Small Opportunities Grant awarded to her by START International Inc. in 2018 to work with Nitya Rao, when she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bengaluru,gendered strategies,inclusion,india,informal settlements,internal migration,economics and econometrics,human factors and ergonomics,social sciences (miscellaneous),sdg 10 - reduced inequalities,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2024 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2024 01:38 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/94985 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/09737030241238821 |
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