Gender Equality for a Better Urban Future
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With half the world's people living in urban areas, towns and cities are increasingly important places for tackling gender equalities. Rapid urbanization is occuring in many of the world's poorest countries, with numbers of slum dwellers growing by the day. UN-HABITAT promotes the equal involvement of women and men in making urban development socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and promoting adequate shelter for all.
Overview of the Gender Equality Action Plan 2008-2013
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A brief review of UN-HABITAT's strategy for promoting gender equality in an increasingly urban world. The gender plan cuts across all areas of UN-HABITAT's work in promoting sustainable urbanisation and adequate shelter.
Gender Mainstreaming in Local Authorities: Best Practices
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This handbook is designed to assist UN-Habitat Agenda Partners, which include national and local governments and civil society, to incorporate gender equality issues into urban development policies, plans and programmes by learning from the experiences of others. UN-HABITAT, 2008