Poverty and Hunger
Navigating Polycrises: Women’s Resilience in a Changing World
Navigate global polycrises with Nicole Paganini as we unveil women's resilience in urban challenges, community kitchens, and amidst rising food crises.
Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy
Feminist Urbanism: Smashing the Patriarchy in Urban Design
Who plans cities for women? Feminist urbanism challenges traditional urban planning and design paradigms to account for women's experiences. Legal researcher and creator of the “Feminist City” podcast, Sneha Visakha, on the real-world impacts of masculinist urban planning in our cities and the power of feminist urbanism.
Just Transition
Pedalling Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Bogotá’s Bike-Share Success Story
How can cities move beyond fossil fuel-driven transportation systems? Bogotá’s bike-share programme demonstrates that sustainable mobility is sometimes just a pedal step away. Laura Simsek and Carolina Hernandéz G. highlight how the initiative’s inclusive components help close the mobility gap, promote gender equality, and simultaneously foster a just transition in Colombia’s capital.
Just Transition
What Does Gender Have to Do With Achieving Climate Neutrality? Everything!
Gender equality and climate neutrality are two interconnected topics that are integral to urban development. Gender Equality Officer Annika Dalén highlights the importance of understanding the relationship between gender and sustainability and provides a glimpse into the strategies Umeå has adopted.
Risk and Crisis Management
Female Informal Workers in Dhaka during COVID-19: Unnoticed and Unprotected as Always
Informal workers contribute greatly to countries’ economic growth. Over 43 per cent of the national GDP in Bangladesh is generated by the informal sector, where women are overrepresented. In times of crisis, however, they are often left unprotected. Jahid Nur on the situation of female informal workers in Bangladesh during COVID-19.
WORLD URBAN FORUM
Womenomics for the Cities We Need
"The City We Need Now!" (TCWNN) is a campaign by UN Habitat that is inclusive and promotes gender equality. Prof. Analia Pastran, Co-Chair of the Professionals Group and Member of the Steering Committee of the UN Habitat’ World Urban Campaign, on the importance of female professional alliances.
WOMEN IN CITIES
Transforming Our Cities by Addressing Gender Deficit in Land Titles in Brazil
Can we transform our cities by addressing the gender insecurity and inadequacy women face? In the northeast state of Pernambuco in Brazil, Espaço Feminista reflects on lessons learned from fighting for women’s land rights by achieving land regularisation in informal settlements.
WOMEN IN CITIES
Learn to Empower: Damietta Embraces Education for Gender Equality
Education and learning are key to empowering women, says Damietta's Mayor Manal Awad in an interview with URBANET.
WOMEN IN CITIES
The Future (and Past) of Cities is Female
Who defines our cities? And what are the consequences of these definitions? Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman shares some reflections.
WOMEN IN CITIES
Female Leadership in Local Government
Half of the world’s population is made up of women, but their representation in decision-making bodies at the local, national, and international level leaves much to be desired. Macoura Dao Coulibaly, Mayor of Foumbolo, Côte d'Ivoire, on strengthening women in local government.
WOMEN IN CITIES
Gender-Sensitive Infrastructure Planning Means Better Cities for Everyone
The demand for infrastructure has recently gained prominence in the global political sphere. Felicity Kitchin, Giulia Maci and Arne Janssen on inclusive infrastructure for inclusive cities.