This policy brief addresses the core question of how to unite the “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and settlements” of Sustainable Development Goal 11 with the vision of gender equality depicted in SDG number 5.
It explores ideas on how to catalyse sustainable 21st century ‘smart’ humanist cities that have gender equality, climate change resilience, and democratic values at the core of their creativity and governance.
Its ultimate goal is to enhance the influence and impact of frontline feminists in order to catalyze the creation and build of The Smart Feminist City of the future. A gender transformative city is not a city built just for women, it is a city focused on the design and practice of inclusion and accountability.