Wise Practices
Explore Wise Practices
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- Economic Security
- iFundWomen
- City of Boston partners with crowdsourcing platform to help local women entrepreneurs.
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- Diversity & Inclusion
- Inclusion Working Group
- Creating a Trans* and Gender Variant Inclusion Working Group for municipal government.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Governance & Leadership
- Municipal Women’s Councils
- Consultative and participatory bodies for women in relation to Barcelona City Council’s policies.
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- 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
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- Housing & Land Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Infrastructure & Services, Urban Spaces
- Safe Spaces for Gender-Diverse Street-Based Sex Workers
- Providing safe spaces and temporary, emergency housing to precariously housed and unhoused gender-diverse street-based sex workers.
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- Economic Security
- Salary Negotiation Workshops for Women
- Empowering Boston‘s women through salary negotiation workshops.
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- Health
- SisterSpace – Women Only Overdose Prevention Site
- The worlds first and only women-only, community-accessible overdose prevention site.
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- Governance & Leadership
- Toolkit to Support Women in Leadership
- This toolkit explores how municipalities across Canada can work to reduce, and eventually eliminate, the gendered leadership gap.
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- Governance & Leadership
- Trans Equity & Inclusion Strategy
- Develop a civic strategy for gender and diversity inclusion and equity.
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- Housing & Land Rights, Safety
- Urban Safety Audit – Housing
- Conduct urban safety audits from a gender perspective in housing projects.
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- Governance & Leadership
- Women’s Advisory Committee
- The Women’s Advisory Committee advises Council and staff on enhancing access and inclusion for women and girls.
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- Governance & Leadership
- Women’s Empowerment Guide
- A guide to empower and foster women’s participation in urban planning.