If policies to improve and enhance places are to address gender inequality, they must also take into account the issues and needs of both women and men. The policy implications are clear. Gender-sensitive urban planning starts with the needs of peopl...
Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 74, Type of publication: Book
La promoción de la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres es la tercera de los ocho Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio consensuadas por la comunidad mundial en el año 2000, a fin de hacer frente a los desafíos sobrecogedores de prin...
Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 42, Type of publication: Book
Women are at risk of violence both in public and private spheres, in and around the home, in neighbourhoods and at city level. Risk is infl uenced by urban design choices and the organisation of public services including transport and energy, am...
Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 85, Type of publication: Book
The Gender Equality Action Plan provides a strategic framework for gender mainstreaming throughout UN-HABITAT programmes and activities. This publication provides an overview of the plan.
Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
Towns and cities are increasingly important places for tackling gender inequalities. This book highlights some of the key gender issues we face in the context of rapid urbanisation in the developing world. It also provides an overview of UN-HABITAT...
Year: 2009,
Number of pages: 42, Type of publication: Book
This Framework is a work in-progress given the dynamic nature of the development environment and the huge challenge of gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation sector, hitherto heavily dominated by male and operated largely on engineering conce...
Year: 2006,
Number of pages: 31, Type of publication: Book
Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women’s Perspective on Good Governance, describes locally designed strategies through which grassroots women’s groups initiate and engage in ongoing dialogue with local authorities, with a view to influence polic...
Year: 2004,
Number of pages: 80, Type of publication: Book
Since 1991, UN-HABITAT has been implementing programmes addressing women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming in its’ overall activities. This evaluation assesses what the Women and Habitat Programme (WHP) and the Gender Unit have achieved in these...
Year: 2003,
Number of pages: 61, Type of publication: Book
This survey report is part of the Safer Cities Nairobi Project aiming at shedding light on the hidden problem of violence against women, and to address the gaps of information that persist on this subject. The publication highlights the main forms of...
Year: 2002,
Number of pages: 139, Type of publication: Book
