Mary Njeri Kinyanjui is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD in geography from the University of Cambridge.

Women and the Informal Economy is a well-researched critical analysis, providing new perspectives on urbanization in Kenya. The book is essential reading for geographers, planners, policy makers and students of African urbanization and gender studies.

• 1. Introduction2. Theorizing planning and economic informality in an African city3. Economic informality in Nairobi between 1980 and 20104. Women in Nairobi5. Women, mobility and economic informality6. Women in economic informality in Nairobi7. The quest for spatial justice: from the margins to the centre8. Women's collective organizations and economic informality9. Conclusion

Mary Njeri Kinyanjui is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD in geography from the University of Cambridge.

Women and the Informal Economy is a well-researched critical analysis, providing new perspectives on urbanization in Kenya. The book is essential reading for geographers, planners, policy makers and students of African urbanization and gender studies.

• 1. Introduction2. Theorizing planning and economic informality in an African city3. Economic informality in Nairobi between 1980 and 20104. Women in Nairobi5. Women, mobility and economic informality6. Women in economic informality in Nairobi7. The quest for spatial justice: from the margins to the centre8. Women's collective organizations and economic informality9. Conclusion

Mary Njeri Kinyanjui is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD in geography from the University of Cambridge.

Women and the Informal Economy is a well-researched critical analysis, providing new perspectives on urbanization in Kenya. The book is essential reading for geographers, planners, policy makers and students of African urbanization and gender studies.

• 1. Introduction2. Theorizing planning and economic informality in an African city3. Economic informality in Nairobi between 1980 and 20104. Women in Nairobi5. Women, mobility and economic informality6. Women in economic informality in Nairobi7. The quest for spatial justice: from the margins to the centre8. Women's collective organizations and economic informality9. Conclusion