Swapnil Saxena, Autor bei Urbanet

About Swapnil Saxena

An architect and urban planner specialising in housing, Swapnil currently serves as Program Officer at National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), India, where she works for the CITIIS Program – a national urban development program supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU). As part of the program, she contributes across the verticals of program operations and management, project design and implementation, knowledge management, and capacity building. Swapnil is a Fellow on the 2020 cohort of the Local Pathways Fellowship of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth, a global network of a young leaders working to advance progress towards localizing SDGs. Swapnil writes on urban development and policy, specifically on housing and urban poverty, social inclusion, climate and gender.

India’s Housing Crisis: A Gender Perspective

India’s Housing Crisis: A Gender Perspective

By Swapnil Saxena|2024-01-04T14:04:03+01:00October 8th 2020|

With 17 per cent of India's urban population living in informal settlements, affordable housing has become a pressing issue. It is imperative, writes Swapnil Saxena, that any housing scheme recognises the particular vulnerabilities women experience in urban settings and focusses on women’s rights.