City, urbanism and gender
A compilation of resources on the feminist city and urbanism with a gender perspective, whose goal is to build more conciliatory and inclusive cities.
The concept "Feminist city"
A book by Leslie Kern that offers an alternative look at the cities created and inhabited by men.
LESLIE, Kern. Feminist city: claiming space in a man-made world [online]. Barcelona: Verso, 2020. ISBN 9781788739832 [consulted: November 8th, 2023]. Available in: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bibliouocsp-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6178348
International networks and organizations
Metropolis advocates a socially engaged metropolitan governance that caters for societal life in all its complexity.
The observatory's primary goal is to contribute to the development of policies that promote equality between women and men.
This network's members are institutions and women committed to promoting women's rights and greater gender equality.
A hub run by UN-Habitat and participating universities whose aim is to generate and transfer knowledge.
Collectives
An Argentinean organization that seeks to influence public policies related with women's rights in the city.
An international group of female scholars and feminist urban activists who explore citizen practices in the global south.
A network based on work carried out in the 1990s on women's safety in Canadian cities.
Local governments and gender
The section of the Barcelona City Council's website devoted to urbanism issues from a gender perspective.
Measures taken since 2017 in Barcelona to include the gender perspective in urban planning.
Measures taken since 2017 in Barcelona to democratize care.
A handbook published by the Basque Government for drafting urban analysis maps from the gender perspective.
A strategy for women to enjoy full access to resources and engage in city life in Vancouver.
A report by Vienna City Council on gender integration in urbanism.
Reports, guides and manuals
A report designed to inspire political leaders to champion gender equality in their cities.
A report on the gender perspective and public policy in metropolitan areas.
Manifesto for the equal rights of women and girls and their engagement in urban planning.
An agenda drawn up by Latin American women that draws attention to their demands for ensuring their right to the city.
A report on how women's leadership and expertise promote inclusive and sustainable cities.
A handbook for bringing the gender perspective into urban planning and design.
Bibliography
Doreen Massey’s monograph that deals with the space and place from a relational and a gender’s construction focus.
A dossier that presents the current status of gender mainstreaming in Spanish urbanism.
An article penned by Blanca Valdivia on the paradigm shift towards placing life at the centre of urbanism.
VALDIVIA, Blanca. Del urbanismo androcéntrico a la ciudad cuidadora. In: Hábitat y Sociedad [online]. 2018. Num. 11, pag. 65-84. ISSN 2173-125X [consulted: November 8th, 2023]. Available in: http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/HabitatySociedad.2018.i11.05
An article by Daphne Spain on how cities in the United States have strengthened gender relations since the 20th century.
An article written by Seyed Mashhadi Moghadam and Mojtaba Rafieian that reviews publications on women and cities.
An article by Dolores Hayden on what a city designed by women would be like.
A documentary reflecting on our cities and how we live in them from a feminist perspective.