Young Voices
Urban Space Era: A Disruptive Approach Towards a Resilient City
Delhi, just as many other cities around the world, struggles to provide adequate housing for migrant workers. Young architect Kaif Ali presents a potential solution
Youth & Gender
Young Voices
Young People’s Ideas for Urban Development: Stories of Success from Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Young people have great ideas for the sustainable development of their hometowns. The Romania-based project Com'ON Cluj-Napoca created an environment that fosters these ideas. Larisa Dumitroaea describes the outcomes.
Young Voices
The (Urban) Relevance of Community-Making
The approach of the Fundación Hogares understands the relevance of strengthening social cohesion in neighbourhoods to respond to city-scale challenges. José Roberto shares some valuable insights into how community organisations are shaping their surroundings in infrastructure as well as in inclusiveness.
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Leave No One Behind – A Promise to the Urban Poorest
Leave on one behind is a catchy phrase which is used in various contexts so often that one might forget it is also a promise. One that is unfulfilled, Franka Bernreiter argues and reminds us that neither slums nor the responsibility to create sustainable cities are exclusive to the Global South.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Urban Changemakers
Young people have fantastic ideas how to create liveable cities of the future - we need an environment that fosters their creativity, says Mario Raimundi Pruss from the Young City Makers Programme.
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My Biggest Question to You
14-year-old climate activist and member of the BBC's 100 Most Influential and Powerful Women, Ridhima Pandey, on her hometown and what inspires her to work every day for a better and greener future for all.
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GDP, GDP Everywhere, Welfare on the Brink!
In order for the coming generation to have a future, governments, corporations, and individuals should focus less on economic growth and more on creating a sustainable system Zainab Bie argues.
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Digital Surveys to Access Marginalised Views in Favela Communities
The study of favelas has been characterised by traditional methods, usually consisting of paper-and-pen interviews and field research. Recent studies suggest that digital platforms are a convenient way to access marginalised populations. Maria Luisa Tarozzo Kawasaki shares her experiences with digital surveys in São Paulo's favela Vila Missionaria and explains how they caused her to develop Neibz, a software tool for urban data surveying.
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How Do You Advocate for Equal Rights for LGBTIQ in Dhaka?
Creating safe cities for the LGBTIQ*+community is key to achieving the SDGs. Tushar Kanti Baidya offers approaches on how to make Dhaka more inclusive and sustainable for everybody.
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.
LIVEABLE CITIES
The New Face of Bogotá’s Bronx
Bogotá's Bronx used to be an area infamous for crime and violence. Gabriel Ortiz van Meerbeke outlines how the arts and the cultural industry are transforming the area into a liveable district.
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.
How Digital Data and Mapping Shaped Bangladesh’s Urban Climate Resilience Plans
Female indigenous residents of informal settlements in coastal Bangladesh are especially vulnerable to risks induced by climate change. Digital mapping ensures that they are adequately considered in the development of urban climate resilience plans.
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.