Joining Forces With UN-Habitat to Promote Women’s Voice, Access and Safety in Sustainable Urban Development
Bit by bit, cities are becoming safer for women and girls around the world, whether it is the woman vendor at the market in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, who is now able to safely sell her wares, or the girl who can now walk the streets of Quito, Ecuador, thanks to a change in the city ordinance on violence against women that now includes sexual harassment in public spaces.
“Women’s voices are also increasingly being heard in local councils and decision-making bodies, and their ideas on how to promote gender-responsive sustainable urban development and meet their needs and rights in this regard are finally finding their way onto the agenda,” says Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri.