Gender and the Built Environment - A Resource for Teaching and Learning

Maintenance

 

Commentary
No, it’s not the VFB. It’s just a lone man with a shovel carving a drain into the path by breaking the concrete pavers. Gushing water has opened up a gaping hole at the bottom.

 

While better design and construction would have averted this problem, all we women could do was try to avoid the trouble spots. Had Womenstown gone on to be more than a temporary settlement how would women organise maintenance and development of their space?