Feminist perspectives on cities - the intersection of theories and praxis.

This networking event will talk about feminist perspectives in the cities and the right that women have to use and enjoy the cities and for them to be deginsed with a gender perspective and meeting their need.

Maria Teresa Rodriguez B.

Moderator

June 29, 2022 | 13:30 - 15:00

Multifunction Hall Room 16

Women and Habitat Network of LAC

Guatemala

English

Equitable urban futures

Reference:

NE 116

Networking Events

Summary

Event coordinators

Maite Rodriguez Blandón - Women and Habitat Network Latin America and the Caribbean’s Coordinator

Ana Falú- Women and Habitat Network Latin America and the Caribbean´s founder; Board Member of Habitat International Coalition; Board Member of Global Platform for the Right to the City; Founder of Articulación Feminista Marcosur, Emeritus Professor of Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, former member of AGGI, Advisory Group on Gender Progress of UN-Habitat.

Three group discussions with invited guests

Feminist Urbanism (feminist urban planning; gender and intersectional planning)

Teresa Boccia - teacher of Urban Planning, Director of Urbanima - LUPT, AGGI Member of UN-HABITAT, Honorary President of AFEM (Association Femmes Europe Meridionale).
Barbara Nawrocka, Dominika Wilczyńska, Dominika Janicka - architects, founders of feminist collective Bal Architektek, Poland.
Yolande Hendler - General Secretariat of Habitat International Coalition.

Women’s Right to the City (right to a city free from violence, global struggles for the reproductive rights)

Ines Sánchez de Madariaga - UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality Policies, Professor of city Planning in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Radosław Nawojski - sociologist and activist, Jagiellonian University, Poland.
Kalpana Viswanath - co-Founder of Safetipin. Member, Advisory Group on Gender Issues , UN Habitat. Member of the Steering Committee - Global Network of Safer Cities of UN Habitat.

Grassroots women’s activism and urban agenda (role of grassroots activists in implementing urban agenda, challenges for grassroots activism, climate change impact on local communities)

Ingrid Ciego - president of the Asociación de Mujeres Garífunas of Livingston, Guatemala. Member of Huairou Commission.
Violet Shivutse - Chair & Africa Regional Representative at Huairou Commission.
Anna Bednarczyk - researcher and sociologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences, founder of We Got This - Feminist Hackathon.