Second, the physical and legal challenges of slum settlements can be overwhelming.
A site has been earmarked on Georgetown's east bank to accommodate 800 residents of four slum settlements, including Tiger Bay.
Zeenat is one of eight women I meet from different slum settlements in Mumbai at the Dharavi office of the National Slum Dwellers FederationNational Slum Dwellers Federation
Global Communities has applied a similar approach in another part of the world -- Ghana -- where about half of the urban population lives in slum settlements.
Korogocho and Viwandani are slum settlements whereas Jericho and Harambeeare non-slum Settlements.
The NUHDSS covers two urban slum settlements in Nairobi.
Women in non-slum settlements were significantly more likely to experience unintended pregnancy than their counterparts in slum settlements.
Women residing in the non-slum settlements had higher prevalence of unintended pregnancy (27%) than their counterparts in the Slum settlements (22%).
The prevalence of unintended pregnancy was 21percentnt among women in slum settlements compared to 27percentnt among those in non-slum settlements.
Urban slum settlements make up 37.4% of the population in Dhaka city, while in most cities outside of Dhaka, many slum settlements are being established [ 17].
Women in non-slum settlements were about 2.2 times (p < 0.002) more likely to experience unintended pregnancy than the women living slum settlements.
