Women in a “Challenged Urban World”. Achievements by and for women living in informal settlements

Today, we are witnessing one year of COVID-19. A global urban crisis which has impacted all our lives. Women in cities were particularly challenged in so many ways. Then again, this Day is to make us remember the lives of women in the most marginalized urban settings, in informal settlements and slums. Women live in high-density settings excluded from water, sanitation, energy, social and health facilities, infrastructure, mobility and connectivity, adequate housing, food and have no or little social protection. They, approaches, policy champions, practitioners from around the world who are engaged in transforming inadequate standards of living and driving for a better quality of life for all have the voice on this 2021 International Women’s Day!

Speakers

Deputy Director-General, DG INTPA, European Commission

Marjeta Jager

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Yvonne Aki Sawyer

Founder and Strategic Advisor of Groots Kenya

Esther Waura Muiru

Voices from the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP)

Chief, Land, Housing and Shelter Section

• Moderated by Robert Lewis-Lettington

Venue

Infopoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings

Webex Meetings