The Victoria Mxenge housing project : women building communities through social activism and informal learning / Salma Ismail.

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"At the beginning of South Africa's democratic change, in 1994, the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project was founded by a group of 12 women who lived in shacks on the barren outskirts of Cape Town. These women had come from rural areas and were poor, vulnerable and semi-literate. Yet they learned how to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ismail, Salma
Corporate Author: Victoria Mxenge Housing Project (Cape Town, South Africa)
Language:English
Published: Claremont [South Africa] : UCT Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Housing > South Africa > Cape Town.
Women in development > South Africa > Cape Town.
Community organization > South Africa > Cape Town.
Homeless persons > South Africa > Cape Town.
Community organization.
Homeless persons.
Housing.
Women in development.
South Africa > Cape Town.
Physical Description:xxv, 166 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Setting the contexts
  • Popular education and development
  • Phase one (1992-1998) : Building houses and communities
  • Phase two (1998-2001) : Leading a social movement
  • Phase three (2001-2003) : Becoming service providers
  • Reflections on learning in a social movement
  • The challenge of independence (2003-2012).