The Limits of Instrumentalism: Informal Work and Gendered Cycles of Food Insecurity in Mozambique

Stevano, Sara

Abstract

© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The instrumentalist literature suggests that women can help achieve household food security if they have access to productive resources but do not become overburdened as a result. This paper seeks to assess the relevance of this literature by exploring the gendered cycles of food insecurity in the context of women’s informal labour in northern Mozambique. It considers the relation between women and food security as embedded in the broader socio-economic setting, and finds that the interaction of different forms of deprivation, such as lack of secure employment and conflicting labour demands, generates food insecurity.

Citation

Stevano, S. (2019). The Limits of Instrumentalism: Informal Work and Gendered Cycles of Food Insecurity in Mozambique. Journal of Development Studies, 55(1), 83-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1408793

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 5, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Dec 6, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 2, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Development Studies
• Print ISSN: 0022-0388
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9140
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-98
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1408793
• Keywords: gender, food security, informality, poverty, Mozambique, Africa
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/858115
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1408793
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Development Studies on 6th December 2017, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1408793.