Sexism and the City Looking for Potential Catalysts for Change

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Abiri, Hagar [author.]

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Computer filePublication details: UrbanNext, September 3 2021Description: 3100 wordsISSN:

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Listen to the related podcast: Sexism and the City by And the City.Summary: This article aims to review and articulate the problems, as well as the potential catalysts for change, while pointing out the advantages of equality for all public space users and suggesting ways to introduce equality into existing urban infrastructures. 50.8% of the world’s population are women and girls but this number does not have the corresponding weight when it comes to public space planning, a discipline that is still dominated by men. Women are under-represented at all levels of government, with less than 15% of mayors worldwide and up to 36% of representatives on European councils and in regional assemblies

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Labor (16) ,
Lighting design (40) ,
Politics (143) ,
Population (79) ,
Street Culture (30) ,
Transportation Systems (38) ,
Urban infrastructure (114) ,
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Children, Cities, COVID-19, Cultural agitator, Culture, Data, Essay, Gender, Global Awareness, Housing, Identity, Ideology, Inequality, Labor, Lighting design, Politics, Population, Public SpaceSocial Inclusion, Space-body relationship, Street Culture, Transportation Systems, Urban infrastructure, Violence, Women

Listen to the related podcast: Sexism and the City by And the City.

This article aims to review and articulate the problems, as well as the potential catalysts for change, while pointing out the advantages of equality for all public space users and suggesting ways to introduce equality into existing urban infrastructures.

50.8% of the world’s population are women and girls but this number does not have the corresponding weight when it comes to public space planning, a discipline that is still dominated by men. Women are under-represented at all levels of government, with less than 15% of mayors worldwide and up to 36% of representatives on European councils and in regional assemblies

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