Designing Gender-Inclusive Cities that Work for All

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00:10 Today's cities were designed by men

00:13 and for men.

00:14 They reflect traditional gender roles and division of labor.

00:19 Women occupy

00:20 about 10% of the highest ranking jobs in

00:23 the world's leading architecture and planning firms.

00:26 And when cities are not designed,

00:28 also the way they're structured tends to mean that there are less amenities,

00:33 access to services for women.

00:35 As a result,

00:37 cities end up in this way,

00:39 working better for men than they do for women.

00:43 The built environment reflects and reinforces gender inequalities.

00:46 Key aspects of our urban environment related to access,

00:49 mobility,

00:50 safety,

00:51 health,

00:51 hygiene,

00:52 and climate resilience create a disproportionate burden for women and girls.

00:57 Women,

00:57 girls,

00:58 sexual and gender minorities face.

01:00 Challenges ranging

01:01 from buses that fail to accommodate strollers to sidewalks that don't fit families

01:05 and the general lack of lighting and toilets in public spaces.

01:09 Well,

01:09 this has enormous impacts on women's access to jobs,

01:12 to schools,

01:13 and on their freedom and safety as well as their health and agency.

01:22 So the objective of the handbook is to reduce

01:25 the inequalities that women and gender minorities face every day

01:29 in the built environment.

01:31 The handbook is a very concrete tool.

01:33 It is designed and thought for practitioners and planning professionals,

01:37 and it,

01:38 it is focused on two elements on the process and on the output,

01:41 in the process,

01:42 in the sense that it provides step by step indications and advice.

01:47 On how to include views and needs of this group

01:50 and in the output in the sense that it tries to coordinate and

01:52 to make sure that those views and needs are incorporated into the project

01:56 in the end what we want

01:57 is a city that is designed for everybody,

02:00 a city that incorporates the views and the needs of all these

02:04 groups and where they can really reach the full benefits of urbanization.

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Today's cities were designed by men and for men. They reflect traditional gender roles and division of labor. Women occupy about 10% of the highest ranking jobs in the world's leading architecture and planning firms. And when cities are not designed, also the way they're structured tends to mean that there are less amenities, access to services for women. As a result, cities end up in this way, working better for men than they do for women. The built environment reflects and reinforces gender inequalities. Key aspects of our urban environment related to access, mobility, safety, health, hygiene, and climate resilience create a disproportionate burden for women and girls. Women, girls, sexual and gender minorities face. Challenges ranging from buses that fail to accommodate strollers to sidewalks that don't fit families and the general lack of lighting and toilets in public spaces. Well, this has enormous impacts on women's access to jobs, to schools, and on their freedom and safety as well as their health and agency. So the objective of the handbook is to reduce the inequalities that women and gender minorities face every day in the built environment. The handbook is a very concrete tool. It is designed and thought for practitioners and planning professionals, and it, it is focused on two elements on the process and on the output, in the process, in the sense that it provides step by step indications and advice. On how to include views and needs of this group and in the output in the sense that it tries to coordinate and to make sure that those views and needs are incorporated into the project in the end what we want is a city that is designed for everybody, a city that incorporates the views and the needs of all these groups and where they can really reach the full benefits of urbanization.

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