With a billion people now living in slums and informal settlements, there is consensus that conventional urban development practice is utterly incapable of meeting the scale of demand and ill-equipped to create the vibrant, inclusive and resilient cities envisaged by the New Urban Agenda. This Women’s Assembly breakout session will consider how gender transformation feeds and is fed by urban transformation.
Slum upgrading and basic gender-responsive service delivery
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Introduction
With a billion people now living in slums and informal settlements, there is consensus that conventional urban development practice is utterly incapable of meeting the scale of demand and ill-equipped to create the vibrant, inclusive and resilient cities envisaged by the New Urban Agenda. This Women’s Assembly breakout session will consider how gender transformation feeds and is fed by urban transformation.