Gender and Inequalities
Waste Pickers Are Essential to Inclusive Green and Circular Economies
Waste pickers are vital to circular economies and climate action, yet remain largely invisible. Sonia Dias explores how climate change affects their work, especially that of women.
Five Reasons Cities Need Gender-Sensitive Urban Planning
Care work, safety, and everyday mobility shape how cities are used , yet they often remain overlooked in planning. Sina Nielsen explores why this gap matters and what a different approach could look like.
Radical Feminist Urbanism: Unpacking and Re-imagining Post-Conflict Recovery and Planning
Who gets to rebuild cities after war? Sagal Abas Bafo argues that post-conflict recovery must centre women’s experiences and feminist Global South perspectives to create more equal cities.
From Lived Experience to Collective Power: How Young People are Shaping Southeast Asian Cities
Across Southeast Asia, young people are confronting rapid urban transformation that promises progress but delivers displacement, exclusion, and uncertainty. Dang-Dao Nguyen examines how youth-led networks are reclaiming the Right to the City as a lived, political struggle
“‘Gringo,’ go home!” – How Short-Term Rentals Exacerbate the Housing Crisis in Mexico City
Short-term rentals are reshaping Mexico City’s housing market. As gentrification and displacement accelerate, protests reveal how tourism, remote work, and weak regulation deepen the urban housing crisis. By Clara-Luisa Weichelt
Bridging the Divide: Urban-Rural Linkages as a Pillar for Territorial Partnerships and Collaboration in East Africa
Urban–Rural linkages are key to sustainable growth. Jackson Kago explores how partnerships between cities and their hinterlands can drive inclusive development in East Africa.