Wise Practices
Explore Wise Practices
-
- Economic Security
- Gender Lens Investing
- GLI applies gender analysis to investments and systems of finance in order to capitalize on the social and economic benefits of empowering women.
-
- Infrastructure & Services, Transportation, Urban Spaces
- Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning in Vienna
- Gender mainstreaming is implemented in the Strategy Plan for Vienna, the Urban Development Plan and sectoral programmes, master plans and urban design concepts as well as in numerous individual projects. The aim is to provide an attractive main route network for “slow” traffic and a shift of priorities towards slower road users. People with care-giving tasks, women, children as well…
-
- Economic Security, Governance & Leadership
- Gender Wage Gap Municipal Audit
- The Seoul Metropolitan Government performs a biannual gender wage gap audit that publicly discloses the wages of male and female employees at the 22 organizations it supports or funds. This audit is a first attempt of local government and can be a driving force for its spread to the central government and other local governments.
-
- Housing & Land Rights
- Gender-sensitive Housing in Vienna – Frauen-Werk-Stadt (Women-Work-City)
- Frauen-Werk-Stadt is the first gender-sensitive housing project designed by women in Vienna, Austria.
-
- Safety
- Good Night Out
- Helps nightlife spaces better understand, respond to, and prevent sexual harassment and assault.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Guide for Municipal Action on Women’s Equity
- An overview of key issues facing women and concrete opportunities for Municipal Government to take action and move forward on women’s equity.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Hot Pink Paper Campaign
- Obtain commitments on women's issues from civic candidates prior to elections.
-
- Economic Security
- iFundWomen
- City of Boston partners with crowdsourcing platform to help local women entrepreneurs.
-
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Inclusion Working Group
- Creating a Trans* and Gender Variant Inclusion Working Group for municipal government.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Increase Women’s Participation in Municipal Decision Making
- This resource kit explores numerous strategies to increase womens participation in municipal processes and decision-making.
-
- Childcare & Elder Care
- Increasing Childcare Spaces at the City of Vancouver
- The City of Vancouver uses municipal government levers to stimulate the development of new childcare spaces.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Iraq Women’s Advisory Boards
- Iraq’s Women’s Advisory Boards (WABs), are independent committees that provide policy recommendations, as well as implement local projects, in order to promote gender-sensitive problem-solving.
-
- Diversity & Inclusion, Governance & Leadership, Health, Infrastructure & Services
- Mama Festivals in Rikuzentakata
- Mama Festivals were held with the purpose of bringing mothers from Rikuzentakata and other regions a child-friendly community and space to share their skills and interests.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Municipal Elections in Canada: a guide for women candidates
- This guide provides tips and tools for campaigning and beyond within the municipal office.
-
- Governance & Leadership
- Municipal Women’s Councils
- Consultative and participatory bodies for women in relation to Barcelona City Council’s policies.
-
- Diversity & Inclusion, Infrastructure & Services, Transportation, Urban Spaces
- Public Bench Network: Elders Participatory Study
- A participatory study for improving the bench network in the Eixample District in Barcelona