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Gender Equality Action Assembly Report (2010) |
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This report documents the proceedings of UN-HABITAT’S Gender Equality Action Assembly, 19-20 March 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, prior to the fifth World Urban Forum. Attended by 361 participants from 35 countries, the Gender Equality Action Assembly united UN-HABITAT partners and staff in assessing progress on the implementation of UN-HABITAT’s Gender Equality Action Plan (2008-2013).
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Gender and Women Roundtable Report (2010) |
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Held on 24 March 2010 as part of the fifth World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Gender and Women Roundtable “Towards
Safer Cities for Women,” was hosted by the Huairou Commission, Women and Cities International and the Women and Habitat
Network of Latin America, in partnership with UN-HABITAT.
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Pakistan Provincial Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation |
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The Provincial Orientation Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was held on 21st – 22nd November 2009 in Islamabad as the inaugural event of a series of workshops on gender mainstreaming in WASH Programmes, planned at the provincial level by UN-HABITAT in Pakistan,in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and other UN Agencies, for celebration of the National Year of Environment 2009.
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Women's Safety Audits - What Works Where |
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Preliminary results from a 2007 global survey of 163 local government-community partnerships on women’s safety found that the assessment and action tool most often used is the women’s safety audit. This report examines best practices, local adaptations, positive and negative outcomes and suggestions for future use of the women’s safety audit tool based on a review of the literature as well as surveys and interviews with organizations around the world that have used the tool.
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Global Assessment on Women's Safety |
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UN-HABITAT has collaborated with the Huairou Commission, Women in Cities International and Red Mujer y Habitat to conduct this Global Assessment on Women's Safety, which is an extensive review of tools and strategies promoting women's safety on the global, regional, national and local levels.
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Islam, Land and Property Research series |
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UN-HABITAT’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) global mandate and activities promoting access to land and protecting security of tenure are derived from a range of international human rights and development standards.
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“A New Strategy to Close the Gender Divide,” printed in Urban World (July 2009) |
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The combined impact of rapid urbanisation, climate change and global economic downturn is creating further inequalities between men and women in cities, especially among the poor. UN-HABITAT’s new Gender Equality Action Plan is helping to address these inequalities.
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Report on the Pre-Governing Council Partners Consultation on the Gender Equality Action Plan, 28-29 March 2009, Nairobi, Kenya |
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This consultation provided a forum for partners to learn about UN-HABITAT’s Gender Equality Action Plan and discuss contributions from partner organizations towards its implementation. The GEAP is an institutional strategy to reduce gender discrimination and promote gender equality in human settlements development. Participants included representatives from women’s NGOs, housing rights organisations, local government development organisations, women’s land access trusts and UN-HABITAT programme staff.
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A Rapid Gender Assessment Of The Cities Of Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, India |
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A Rapid Gender Assessment of the water and sanitation services in the four cities was undertaken by our partner Mahila Chetna Manch, a non-governmental organisation based in Bhopal. It forms the basis of gender mainstreaming strategy for water and sanitation initiatives in these cities. The assessment highlights the critical need for gender disaggregated data in water supply and sanitation services, and the importance of gender-sensitive indicators and gender audits to properly inform water and sanitation policies and strategies.
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A Synthesis Report of Rapid Gender and Pro-Poor Assessments in the 17 Cities of the Water for African Cities (WAC) II Programme |
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This Report is a synthesis report of the participatory and Rapid Gender Assessment (RGA) Reports that were conducted in the 17 cities of the Water for African Cities (WAC) II Programme. They represent the first stage of the Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Initiative of the WAC. The RGA Reports provide the baseline data and priority recommendations for pro-poor gender mainstreaming of the WAC programmes of the cities. The Reports are the result of the work of the following Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) Facilitators, the RGA Teams, and the women and men in slums and informal settlements in each respective city Many thanks to all of them for the effort and commitment they put into their Reports.
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Woman-headed households suffer disproportionately from inadequate housing |
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This extract from the State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 report, sheds light on the prevalence of woman-headed households in urban households, which lack more than one “shelter deprivation.” These can relate to a lack of durable housing, overcrowding, problems accessing safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation services, or insecurity of tenure. Approximately 20 per cent of the households in the 160 sample cities in UN-HABITAT’s Urban Indicators database are headed by women.
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Women's safety audits for a safer urban design: Results of the pilot audit (25 August 2007) |
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Feelings of insecurity and fear of crime and violence are highest in large cities. Urban design and planning do not create violence or other forms of assault, but they do create an environment that offers greater or lesser opportunities for violence. Making public spaces physically safer is one way to reduce the opportunities for assaults and the fear of crime.
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Expert Group Meeting On Gender-Friendly Sustainable Cities in Asia and the Pacific: Rebuilding Communities Affected by Disaster and Conflict |
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Gender mainstreaming is a crucial aspect of good urban governance, as we work together towards making the international community peaceful, equitable and stable. It is quite certain that gender mainstreaming has been substantially improved, compared to 30 years ago, though it has not yet advanced to the point of creating balanced societies.
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Violence Against Women in Urban Areas |
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Although women’s contribution in today’s societies is essential and indisputable, nowhere is their status on a par with men’s. Women are a vulnerable group in all areas. With respect to violence, the evidence is revealing and irrevocable: not only are women particularly affected by many forms of violence, but most often these happen inside what should be the most secure of environments; their own homes. As the United Nations Development Programme’s annual Human Development Report (1995) commented: “In no society are women secure or treated as equal to men. Personal insecurity shadows them from cradle to grave… From childhood through adulthood, they are abused because of their gender”.
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Gender Equality Action Assembly Report (2010)