Gender equality

A city/human settlement of gender equality, which adopts all necessary measures to combat discrimination in all its forms against women and girls; a city/human settlement which takes all appropriate measures to ensure the full development of women and girls, guarantee them equality in the exercise and fulfillment of human rights, and a life free of violence.

Gender equality

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Women’s Right to the City in Social Networks

Women’s Right to the City in Social Networks

During the two months of the Women's Right to the City Campaign , we published in our Social Networks journalistic articles, videos, reports and research related to the issue, as well as activities and initiatives of the member organizations of the Global Platform for...

What is feminist urbanism?

What is feminist urbanism?

The Col-lectiuPunt 6[i] , an organisation based in Barcelona, explains in a simple way what feminist urbanism is all about. We invite you to watch the video (in Spanish) or read the ideas and concepts it deals with and which we transcribe below. Video....

Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power

Focus group discussions conducted with women informal workers in cities in Brazil, Ghana, India, South Africa, and Thailand show that child care responsibilities have a significant impact on women informal workers’ earnings. Article by Rachel Moussie[i] Photo: Paula...

Urban safety for women in ten countries

Urban safety for women in ten countries

The report Whose City?, released by ActionAid, shows that women overwhelmingly still face and are constantly under the threat of violence, harassment and intimidation in a broad selection of countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

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Huairou Commission

Huairou Commission

Description: Huairou Commission is: A member-led coalition of grassroots women leaders and their organizations; A movement building coalition for grassroots women; A platform for collective action; A peer learning community; A strategy-driven coalition; A global...

RIPESS

RIPESS

Description: RIPESS works at intercontinental and sectorial level to promote Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) and SSE policy Mission: Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy and SSE policies Outreach: International Right to the City Components: Non Discrimination Gender...

WIEGO

WIEGO

Description: Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a research-action-policy network whose mission is to improve the status of the working poor especially women in the informal economy (waste pickers, street vendors, home based workers and...

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