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Gender, Technology and Development, Vol. 4, No. 1, 61-86 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/097185240000400103
© 2000 SAGE Publications

Gender Relations and Housing: A Cross-community Analysis

Girija Shrestha

Gender and Development Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Housing is not only a technological product, it is also a product of culture and gender rela tions. Gender differentiation in the means adopted to meet basic needs, access to religious spaces, social interaction, ownership and inheritance systems is reflected in built technol ogy, affecting housing elements like the quality and size of space. And just as gender differ entiation affects the structure of the house, so also the structure of the house reveals existing hierarchies and perpetuates differential access to opportunities. It adds to difficul ties in sharing household responsibility and comes in the way of efficiently running the household, affecting women's health and reinforcing existing gender relations. This paper studies gender relations as they affect housing in the case of the Newar community of Khokana village in Nepal. To highlight key points, illustrative examples are taken from a Karen and an Isan village in Thailand.


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