Bright Lights and Big Cities for Sisters Women Friendly Urban Planning and Design

Networking Event 41, 3 September 2012, 1700-1900, Pavilion 5, Room 19

Rapid urbanization is experienced differently by women and men. Poor access to clean water, sanitation and other urban services adds significant burden to womens lives. Limited public transport restricts womens mobility and access to job opportunities outside the home. Women are often excluded from decision-making related to urban infrastructure, services and governance. A key challenge is how to make urban development more gender-inclusive? This event, co-hosted by ADB and partner governments, will discuss gender dimensions of urban planning, design and implementation, through profiling 3 projects in Bangladesh, Nepal and Viet Nam, that address gender equality issues through urban governance, transport, water supply and sanitation.

Chaired By:

Shireen Lateef
Senior Advisor (Gender) Asian Development Bank Speakers:

Md. Shafiqul Islam Akand

Project Director Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement Sector Project Government of Bangladesh

Tiresh Prasad Khatri

Deputy Project Director Second Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Government of Nepal

Samantha Hung
Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) Asian Development Bank