JAGORI joins the Gender Inclusive Cities Program

Gender Inclusive Cities: Increasing Women’s Safety by Identifying and Disseminating Effective and Promising Approaches to Promote Women’s Equal Access to Public Spaces (2009 – 2012)

This program is funded by the UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women. It is being administrated by Women in Cities International (WICI) and is being implemented by four international project partners in cities across the globe:

• Jagori in New Delhi, India

• Information Centre of the Independent Women’s Forum in Petrozavodsk, Russia

• Red Mujer y Habitat de America Latina in Rosario, Argentina

• International Centre and Network for Information on Crime in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The aim of the program is to create cities that are inclusive and respect the right of all people, including women, to live, work and move around without fear or difficulty.

Gender Inclusive Cities seeks to identify the factors that cause and perpetuate inequalities and exclusion, as well as the policies and program approaches that enhance women’s inclusion and “right to the city”.

The first stage of this programme consists of knowledge-generation using the methodological tools of mapping, research and review.

Afterwards, Jagori, in partnership with the Delhi Government and other stakeholders , will use this knowledge to pilot interventions designed to reduce the public vulnerability and exclusion women and girls face. Pilot interventions will also promote women’s and girls’ access to and understanding of their rights.