The Community and Public are Gendered: Strategies for Community Design that are in the Public Interest

October 08, 2015

2:05pm-2:20pm

Toronto’s Safer City Guidelines will be used as a practical case study to illustrate two things: the possibilities for including gender-sensitive planning in public policy and how the current political climate has led to the continued exclusion of gender sensitive planning. We will also reflect on the experiences of Toronto Women’s City Alliance in trying to include gender sensitive planning in Toronto’s official plan review. We will share the obstacles as well as productive ways to move conversations forward to ensure that the official plan meets the everyday needs of all Torontonians.
TWCA was formed in 2004 by a diverse group of women who have been organizing to end the growing silence and invisibility of girls’ and women’s voices and issues from the political agenda in Toronto. TWCA works to ensure political commitment to addressing and removing barriers that many women face in accessing essential services.

Learning Outcomes:

• An understanding of how city planning is gendered
• How to Inlclude gender-sensitive planning in Public policy
• An understanding of the role of planning advocates

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