Theme: Urban Planning and Design

African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference

• February 1, 2018 - February 3, 2018

Cape Town, South AfricaPhoto by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage 

World Urban Forum 9, Kuala Lumpur

• February 7, 2018 - February 13, 2018

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photo by: Paula Bronstein, Getty images / Reportage  

Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development

• October 17, 2016 - October 20, 2016
• Quito, Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador Habitat III was the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. The Habitat III process lasted...

Habitat III Regional Meeting in Africa

• February 22, 2016 - February 26, 2016
• Abuja, Nigeria

WIEGO’s Victoria Okoye attended the Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting provided a platform to debate regional...

World Urban Forum Events

• April 6, 2014 - April 11, 2014

Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing and Organizing & Inclusive Cities [ en español ]   Sunday, 6 April 10:00-10:45 a.m. WUF Cinema...

Eventos del Foro Urbano Mundial

• April 6, 2014 - April 10, 2014

Mujeres en Empleo Informal: Globalizando y Organizando & Ciudades Inclusivas Eventos [ English version ]  

Women General Assembly of Informal Workers engages Minister of Gender in Ghana

• September 30, 2017

Accra, Ghana Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage    On September 30, 2017, members of informal workers’ associations of Accra joined...

Launch of the first payment to Popayan WP’s as providers of the public service of recycling

• September 29, 2017

Popayan, Colombia Photo by Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage  

En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...