With two-thirds of the world’s population predicted to live in urban areas by the year 2050, the global landscape is changing rapidly. Urbanization brings with it numerous benefits, but the growing inequality between and within cities has complicated implications for urban residents, especially for those that have been historically marginalized. For women in particular, accessing the increased social, economic, and political opportunities ostensibly available to them in cities can be, in reality, incredibly difficult to take advantage of.
Gender, Urbanization, and Democratic Governance
By IWPR and National Democratic Institute|2020-12-14T08:39:22-05:00June 19, 2015|IWPR|Comments Off on Gender, Urbanization, and Democratic Governance