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  • Participants in "Governance for Sustainable Development" at the GES 2013

    Sense and Sustainability – How Women can Boost the Economy

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    This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Most of the panels at the Global Economic Symposium had quite a strict format,  with a bunch of luminaries in direct agreement over a topic discussing what the best approach  to the issue would be. Sometimes there […]

  • The story of one woman and many others like her

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    Ayşe[1] is a poor woman living in Ankara. Born in a rural area in Eastern Anatolia, she immigrated to the capital with her family when she was a child. She has only received a basic education as higher education was unthinkable for her poor rural family. She is an Alevi, […]

  • A Poor Woman’s Life in Kampala

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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 […]

  • Poor Women in Cities: Challenges and Innovations

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    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 […]