WUNRN
CITIES, URBAN POVERTY &
SLUMS - GENDER EQUALITY FOR SMARTER CITIES - CHALLENGES &
PROGRESS
Women in Cities International
LEARNING FROM WOMEN TO CREATE GENDER
INCLUSIVE CITIES - REPORT
MAKING CITIES SAFER FOR GIRLS:
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RETHINKING URBAN POVERTY
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97058/GLOBAL-Rethinking-urban-poverty -
December 17, 2012
One
of every seven people on earth lives in urban poverty; many of them reside in
overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate water, sanitation, healthcare
and social amenities.
Efforts
to end urban poverty are failing because policymakers at aid agencies and in
governments do not always understand it, asserts a new book by experts from the
International Institute for Environment and Development. Drawing on 20 years of
research, Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature
documents how the scale and depth of urban poverty in Africa, and much of Asia
and Latin America, is greatly underestimated due to “inappropriate” definitions
and measurements.
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Direct Link to Full 42-Page Report:
UN-HABITAT
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We
live in an increasingly urban world where providing healthy and safe living
environments, productive economies and equitable social benefits are challenges
facing towns and cities globally. Today, just over half the world’s people live
in urban areas, and we expect the percentage of urban dwellers to rise to 70
per cent by 2050. An important dimension of urban life is the condition of
women in towns and cities; it is a condition marked by historical exclusion and
multiple deprivations.
This publication serves two purposes. First, it highlights the major gender
issues we face in the context of urbanization. Second, it provides an overview
of the various efforts deployed by UN-HABITAT to promote gender equality in all
its endeavors and programs.
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