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Copy “Successful, vibrant, happy cities arise out of the visions of many, not the powerful few.” - Jane Jacobs. While we’ve seen progress in female representation over the last century, women’s perspectives and voices are still significantly marginalized. This year, the UN reported that women serve as Heads of State or Government in only 22 countries and that 119 countries have never had a female leader, despite the strong case that their leadership makes for more inclusive decision-making and more representative governance. Moreover, women occupy just 10 percent of the highest-rankin...

The global Covid-19 pandemic is more than a year old, and our cities remain on the front line of the emergency response, working to save lives and protect livelihoods across the world. But beneath the numbers reported in each news cycle – the cases contracted and the loved ones lost – rests an unprecedented economic and social crisis. Its impact is wide, deep, and broad, and it disproportionately falls on the shoulders of women and girls. Every...

Covid derails progress in gender equality 08 Mar 2021 The Independent The global COVID-19 pandemic is more than a year old, and our cities remain on the front line of the emergency response, working to save lives and protect livelihoods across the world. But beneath the numbers reported in each news cycle — the cases contracted and the loved ones lost — rests an unprecedented economic and social crisis. Its impact is wide, deep, and broad, and it disproportionately falls on the shoulders of women and girls. Every single day, we bear a responsibility, as mayors and global citiz...