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NEW INITIATIVES!
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'CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR MARGINALISED WOMEN AND EVERYONE,
funded by Status of Women Canada. To
learn more >
Funded by UN-Habitat Safer Cities, Women in Cities International
is undertaking a comparative evaluation study of women's safety
audits. for more info
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International Base-Line
Survey on Women's Safety
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Women in Cities International, UN-Habitat Safer Cities Program,
Red Mujer y Habitat and Huairou Commission are inviting you
to join in the development of an international database and
directory on women's safety practices.
To know more about the project> or if your organisation
would like to be included, please complete
the survey>
A draft publication was produced with the results of the
surveys received in August 2007, and was presented at the
International Conference on the State of Safety in World Cities
2007 in Monterrey, Mexico from October 1st - 5th, 2007. to
download the draft report >
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New Publication:
The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender & Violence Prevention:
Practical Planning Tools
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Carolyn Whitzman, board member of Women in Cities International,
has just published an innovative publication entitled: The
Handbook of Community Safety, Gender & Violence Prevention:
Practical Planning Tools. The book has already generated a
great deal of interest and praise for the practical applicability
of the information provided. To
download the order form >
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Winners named
in Competition for Safe Cities for Women and Girls in LAC
Region
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Maipú, Chile; San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina;
and Solidaridad, Mexico are the winners of the IV Regional
Competition on Women and Friendly Cities: Safer Cities for
Women and Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean. The awards
ceremony for this competition was held in San José,
Costa Rica on March 6, 2008 and hosted by the national UN
Habitat Office. The awards ceremony simultaneously acted as
an important networking session, bringing together women's
groups from the region and internationally to share experiences
and build partnerships. To
learn more (available in Spanish only) >
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Latest Publications
available
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Latest Women and Cities International publications available
on-line:
To download the publications >
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New Publication
: Building Community-Based Partnerships for Local Action on
Women's Safety
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June 2007. Following the pilot project involving six canadian
communities, Women in Cities International have produced a
guide for community-based women's groups to create partnerships
with their local municipal government on women's safety. To
know more about the project or to download the guide >
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Participation of
Women in Cities International to the World Urban Forum
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Women in Cities International and its partners organized
four networking sessions during the World Urban Forum (Vancouver,
2006), aimed at integrating gender mainstreeming to the work
of WUF3. Women of all continents have joined the discussion.
Some documents have been produced to report the content of
these exchanges. To
know more >
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| Online
Forum - discussion to prepare for the world urban forum |
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In May 2006, Women in Cities was launching its online discussion
forum in preparation for the Vancouver gathering in June 2006.
The forum have stimulated agreat participation. To
find out more about the exchanges>
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| 2002 International Seminar
on Women's Safety |
| The proceedings of " Making
the links " - the International Seminar on Women's Safety
held in Montreal May 9 to 11, 2002 are now online. Participants
came from 55 cities in both the North and South to take part
in these exchanges. more> |
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| The Montréal Declaration
on Women's Safety |
The First International Seminar
on Women's Safety, culminated in the launch of the "Montréal
Declaration on Women's Safety", a call to all those concerned
to take action.
The Montréal Declaration has since been disseminated
at local, national, regional, and international levels. Thank
you for helping to share the Declaration in your networks, for
contributing to the implementation of its recommendations, and
for keeping us informed of your initiatives and successes. more>
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