A City Designed For Women is a City Designed For All | Opinion Cat Woods
, freelance writer On 4/12/21 at 1:00 PM EDT
Is your city designed for women?
There s every likelihood that unless you work in urban planning, or you re a woman who traverses the streets via foot or bike, this isn t a question you ve considered.
Much of the landscape of a city is taken for granted whether it s the width of footpaths, the height of traffic lights, the presence of CCTV, visible artwork or greenery. Though we d like to think otherwise, the design of cities is political and it is gendered. The majority of architects and urban planners worldwide are white men.
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“Successful, vibrant, happy cities arise out of the visions of many, not the powerful few.” - Jane Jacobs.
While we’ve seen progress in female representation over the last century, women’s perspectives and voices are still significantly marginalized. This year, the UN reported that women serve as Heads of State or Government in only 22 countries and that 119 countries have never had a female leader, despite the strong case that their leadership makes for more inclusive decision-making and more representative governance. Moreover, women occupy just 10 percent of the highest-ranking jobs at the world’s leading architecture firms.
According to the World Bank’s 2020 publication, Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design, urban areas do not consider the daily lives or needs of women, sexual and gender minorities, and people with disabilities. Horacio Terrazza, one of the Handbook’s authors points to its far-reaching effects, highlighting the key role t