Gender and the Arab City
One of the top priorities for the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda is to make cities "inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable." For city leaders in the Arab world, this means embracing strategies that put the needs of women and girls at the center of the urban planning process.
BEIRUT – One of the top priorities for the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” City leaders can take a simple step that would go long a way toward achieving this goal: putting the needs of women and girls at the center of the urban planning process.