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....
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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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
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),...
Women’s Agenda for the City in Latin America
The Agenda was launched on 8 March 2019. It is an initiative of the Women and Habitat Latin America Network in six cities in the region: Bogotá, Córdoba, San Salvador, Lima, Ciudad de Guatemala and Santiago de Chile. In order to make citizen demands visible and...
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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
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
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...