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Agnes Namagembe is one of 4.2 million Ugandans living in urban areas. Like the majority of Uganda’s urban dwellers, Agnes lives in the capital, Kampala. Like many other African cities, Kampala is informally divided between up market and low market residences. The rich live in upmarket areas of the town […]

Abstract: In Colombia when women leave the country to get to the cities, they don’t necessarily do it by choice, or because they are poor. They leave their houses, their lands and their communities in order to save their lives and their children’s, to escape from violence and forced recruitment. In […]

  Valentyna is in her 70s. She sells used books on the street right under an old rusty fence. I come closer and pick up an extremely old copy of Boccaccio’s “Decameron”. She doesn’t mind a bit of a chat with me and says that she has been in this […]

The urban environment presents unique challenges as well as opportunities for its residents. Cities often have diverse populations with varying income levels and backgrounds, yet these individuals must coexist in a finite space, often with differential access to everything from cultural goods to public transportation and basic sustenance. We want […]

Recently voted the world’s most liveable city, Melbourne is known for its food, festivals and football. Poverty is not a theme often attributed to Australia’s second largest city. However as the city rapidly expands – three of the country’s fastest growing postcodes are in Melbourne’s north – not everyone is […]