Cities Alive: Designing Cities That Work For Women

In cities across the world, women of all ages and identities face a range of barriers and vulnerabilities: genderbased discrimination, violence, poverty, expectations of unpaid care work, limited control over assets, unequal participation in private and public decision-making. Whether by accident or design, cities themselves frequently add to or compound gender inequities.

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The way many cities are built often makes women unsafe, fails to provide for their basic needs and restricts their social and economic opportunities. As a result, billions of women are underserved by the urban environments they live and work in.