Fair Shared Cities: Gender mainstreaming towards more equitable cities! Ing. Milota Sidorovรก, PhD.! MSQ, 10/11.6.2016!
facilitator, networker, researcher, walker and feminist born and bred on equitable urban planning
Who am I?!
Where do I (mostly) work?!
2011-2015! Co-founder, lead coordinator!
More women than men graduate in architecture, but don’t remain in profession!
Well, why gender matters?
Architecture is gender neutral! !
Really?!
human scale: (wo)man! Neufert!
Proper lady doesn’t stop, doesn’t smile and doesn’t look around while walking on the streets…!
Liberation through shopping malls! !
Well…
Architecture (as we were being taught) is not gender neutral at all…! ! Urban planning is influencing lives of everyone, but certain groups are benefiting significantly less…! !
What is gender mainstreaming?! • 
public policy concept of assessing the different implications for women and men of any planned policy action, including legislation and programs, in all areas and levels.!
Vienna! • 1,7 mil. inhabitants, 23 municipal districts! ! • Green city with relatively few green open ! • spaces in the centre! • Extensive and efficient public transport system! • 60 % inhabitants live in subsidised social housing! • Demography prognosis: population boom ! • Gender mainstreaming > EU norm mis 90’s - > applied in many policies including urban planning!
Do men and women move around the city similarly?!
walk bike motorbike car (driver) car (passenger) public transport
Women
Men
1999 Source: Wiener Linien, omniphon 2011!
How does that relate to unpaid work?!
household working hours Childcare working hours Paid working hours
Women
Men
Source: Women’s Department of the City of Vienna, 2005, p. 88,!
Mobility chain examples! !
Combination of paid&unpaid work, care! Taking duties! !
Daily movement of a working individual!
Source: Manuรกl for Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning and Urban Development!
Demography! More than 40% inhabitants of Vienna are kids, teenagers or seniors!
Source: Mesto Viedeň, výročná správa 2011!
1.  In daily life women do most of care related works.!
2. In daily life women use public transport and walk more compared to men. !
! 3. In competition about public space they need strong representation – in profession also among decisionmakers‌!
! 3. In competition about public space they need strong representation – in profession also among decisionmakers‌!
1991 Exhibition: ,, Who owns the Public Space – Everyday lives of women in the city.! ! 1992 Women Department, The City of Vienna! ! 1998 Coordination office for planning with special regards to needs of women!
Main areas and topics of Gender mainstreaming in Vienna! 1. Gender-sensitive housing ! 2. Gender-sensitive parks and mobility! 3. Gender-sensitive and safe public spaces! 4. Public buildings! 5. Urban development! ! -----! • Analysis and research! • 60 pilot projects! • Manuals, planning recommendations, participation in competitions!
1. Gender-sensitive housing ! • Frauen-Werk-Stadt I, II, III! • prototypes with regard on specific needs of women in housing! • designed by women experts only! !
Source Manuรกl for Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning and Urban Development
2. Gender-sensitive parks!
• 1997: „Foul Play with Opportunities? Girls into Public Space!“ socio-scientific survey -> specific interests of girls have to be considered ! • 2000: Policy as a part of strategic plan! • 6 model parks created in participatory process with girls!
3. Gender-sensitive / safe public spaces!
even cemeteries?!
4. Gender sensitive mobility!
Source: Wiener Linien, 2015!
Supply: time / space! ! Station design! ! Info stands, stalls! ! Dynamic information about the journey! ! Elevators, escalators! ! Cars with low entry! ! Enough of storage space! ! Air-condition! ! Cleaness! ! Paths for blind and disabled!
5. Gender mainstreaming – Mariahilfer district (2002-2006) !
Mariahilf: 28.000 inhabitants, 1,5 km2, 27 km road network! ! Focus on needs of pedestrians and residents! ! Study „Fair Shared City“! Source: Manuál for Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning and Urban Development!
Gender mainstreaming principles in design!
Source: Manuรกl for Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning and Urban Development!
Source Manuรกl for Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Planning and Urban Development!
Mariahilfer user typology!
Zdroj: Stadtfair teilen
How do specific users move around the district?!
Transformation!
applications!
• Gender layer into the manual! • Expanding into other groups!
• target groups! • masculinum and feminimum! • Female visibility as decisionmakers! • gender mixed expert groups!
• target groups! • masculinum and feminimum! • gender mixed expert groups!
1.  Know your users. Do not assume you already know them. Invest into sociological research.!
2. Gender, age, social, economical, ethnical classes will create groups of a very different needs!
3 . Know their needs. Work with target groups. Representatives of communities. If there are none, ask informal ones or ngo to pin point them.!
! 4. Have more women experts in public administration and decisionmakers. They will bring more opinions and good angles.!
• research, sources, interviews,! • women expert database !
What do you think?! • www.wpsprague.com! • milota@wpsprague.com!