Her City

10/12/2025

⚖️Today we mark the International Human Rights Day and the end of the 16 Days of Activism.

tools can work in any city, in any context, always focusing on the human rights of the people living in our cities. It already exist in English and Spanish and we are really excited to launch several language versions of the new guide the coming months.

We are also marking one month since COP30 in Belém. During COP we put the spotlight on how Her City contributes to fighting climate change. We are applying and customising the Her City Toolbox in different settings, including in climate crisis contexts. This is just one of many ways the new Her City Toolbox can be used in a wider set of complex contexts.

We are particularly proud to annouce that the Portuguese version will be out shortly. Stay tuned to discover the new Her City Guide in Portuguese together with our UN-Habitat offices in Mozambique and Brazil.

Your copy of “Guia Cidade Delas - Incorporando a inclusão no desenvolvimento urbano sustentável por meio da inovação transformadora de gênero” will be available for download here:
👉 https://unhabitat.org/her-city-guide

05/12/2025

🤝 We mark the World Soil Day by highlighting the work on proximity and the 15 minute city by our partners in Paris!

One of the largest Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet highlights our partner Chaire ETI and their work on urban sustainability.

As cities around the world are face rising temperatures, the research from Chaire ETI at IAE PARIS - SORBONNE BUSINESS SCHOOL — led by Carlos Moreno and Catherine Arod-Gall — is showing how cities can adapt with climate-smart and socially inclusive solutions.

From thousands of new trees to car-free streets, cooling public spaces, and the vision of the concept, Paris is transforming fast. And as Catherine Gall reminds us, what benefits the climate also benefits people — improving both physical and mental wellbeing.

We at Shared City Foundation are proud to partner with Chaire ETI in shaping the cities of tomorrow, where sustainability, social infrastructure, and everyday life come together.

Aftonbladets articles “Så ska parisarna möta extremvärmen” and ”Paris takplanteringar skyddar mot heta lägenheter” highlights why this work matters — not only for Paris, but for cities everywhere preparing for the realities of extreme heat.

👉 Read the articles (published 19 and 22 November 2025)

Link to the articles here: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/7pnqKB/paris-takplanteringar-skyddar-mot-heta-lagenheter and https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/9plm99/sa-ska-parisarna-mota-extremvarmen !








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Photo credits: Petra Hedbom, Carl Von Scheele

28/11/2025

Let Her Guide You’ is a special thematic issue of the Journal of Public Space produced in collaboration with UN-Habitat as part of the initiative, alongside Dr .barker.904 and Dr .bravo

The special issue features papers by young academic scholars from the Masters student network - integrating viewpoints of women and girls from around the world alongside academic papers. 
 
Tracing examples from Stockholm in Sweden to Nairobi in Kenya, the journal highlights the potential to transform public space and calls on researchers, community leaders and city makers to act now to ‘ensure contemporary cities are designed with and for everyone’. 
 
Read the journal here -> https://shorturl.at/pp74t
 



 
 

24/11/2025

🤝 The Her City Guide in Spanish is available online!

tools can work in any city, in any context. That’s why we are really excited to launch the new Her City Guide in Spanish — La Ciudad de Ellas — together with our UN-Habitat office in Mexico and .

Today, we are in Mexico City for the International Forum “Feminist Cities: Ideas for a Shared Urban Present” organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development , along universities, local governments, and civil society organisations, where we present Her City as a key methodology for feminist urbanism across Latin America.

On 27 November, as part of the and ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we will hold a training workshop together with and to build technical capacities for applying the Her City methodology within national programmes, focusing on participatory design and care-oriented planning.

👉 Download your copy: unhabitat.org/her-city-guide

17/11/2025

The Mozambique team is participating in the ‘Deep dive into Sustainable Human Settlements in Fragility Conflict Violence Contexts’ in Nairobi, co-hosted by the and . It targetsnational and local governments from prioritised countries, and we are proud to give a sneak peak of the new Her City Mozambique Guide.

Read it here > https://tinyurl.com/Mozambique-Crisis

In collaboration with UN-Habitat Mozambique ‘Gender-Inclusive Urban Transformation in Mozambique: Participatory Planning Guide for the Sustainable Integration of Internally Displaced People,builds on the Her City methodology and contextualises it for the context of internal displacement and urban recovery in Mozambique.

It offers a step-by-step framework to help municipalities, planners, and communities create inclusive and resilient urban environments. For example, in Pemba’s Mahate and Muxara aneighbourhoods, displaced and host communities co-designed solutions for safer public spaces, improved infrastructure, and stronger social cohesion, showing how the toolbox can be applied in crisis-affected and rapidly urbanising settings.

As we prepare for the , this work reminds us that advancing gender equality is essential to building safer, more inclusive, and resilient cities for everyone. Together, we continue to advance sustainable and equitable urban futures with girls and women at the heart.

10/11/2025

As kicks of in Belém, we’re delighted to share this important publication by , and , co-signed , Anacláudia Rossbach and Emilia Saiz.

- the global application of the concept - is recognised by and leading researchers such as as an efficient way to cut emissions and fostering at the same time.

This is a product of the Towards Sustainable Urban Proximities co-organised by the and hosted by Mayor .

The participation of the team, showcased our toolbox, and is now featured in their newly launched global methodology for local governments.

Explore how you apply our tools to support proximity in cities:
👉 https://lnkd.in/gzx7pXQp

📄 Read the full key takeaways:  https://lnkd.in/evC8jgcV

🗞️ Read the press release from the Paris conference: https://lnkd.in/evC8jgcV

🎥 Watch the event recording on our YouTube channel:  https://lnkd.in/e5H8PidG

02/11/2025

The new Her City Guide is here! 🚀

Launched alongside World Cities Day—celebrated this year under the theme “People-centred smart cities”—the fourth edition of the Her City Guide shows how data, technology, and community voices can shape cities that work for everyone.

Grounded in the perspectives of women and girls, the Guide offers practical tools for inclusive and participatory urban development—proving that when those rarely heard are part of the process, cities become more equal, sustainable, and resilient.

A Spanish version is coming soon!

📘 Download here: https://loom.ly/6LJiXu8

31/10/2025

🚀 It’s World Cities Day and we are proud to launch the new Her City Guide!

The global observance of World Cities Day puts the spotlight on people-centered smart cities. We showcase how data-driven decision making and technology can be used to improve urban life and recover from current shocks and crises.

Her City Toolbox supports people-centred and inclusive planning across different city scales and urban contexts. Her City tools can work in any city, in any context.

Live from Bogota, Colombia we are proud to announce that the new Her City Guide will also be available in Spanish soon, providing our Latin American users with more digital tools.

Download the ’Her City Guide - Mainstreaming inclusion in sustainable urban development through gender-transformative innovation’ here:
📘https://unhabitat.org/her-city-guide

The fourth edition of the Her City guide brings together a comprehensive framework for inclusive and participatory urban development. Building on the success of the original toolbox, we have integrated other existing methodologies that enhance participatory urban development in a wider range of contexts. The updated guide includes a wider range of guidance and tools for monitoring and evaluation; planning across urban scales; construction, management and maintenance; policy-making, mainstreaming strategies, and scaling; and inclusive urban development for humanitarian and emergency situations.

In this fourth edition, you have access to the latest digital tools provided on the digital platform:
👩‍💻https://hercity.org/

24/10/2025

🇺🇳Today we celebrate the . And this year it’s even more special as the turns 80 years. The UN is all about collaboration, between states, peoples, and individuals.

We’d like to take the opportunity to recognise the value of our partnerships. Without our partners, would not exist. And without the toolbox, we wouldn’t be able to support cities and citizens around the world in strengthening their collaborations.

In the Her City UN partnership projects we work with:
🌍17 countries
🏙️30 cities
📍60 sites
🙋‍♀️4000 participants
🫶1,000,000 beneficiaries
🥅 9+ SDGs

Thank you for making this possible:



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15/10/2025

🏃‍♀️New strategic partnership for inclusive and active public spaces!

We celebrate International Day of the Girl this year by announcing our new Her City partnership with the Arwidsson foundation.

The 2025 IDG theme ‘The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis’ resonates well with this new partnership. Because this is exactly what we support through the Her City Toolbox - We showcase why girls changemakers are key to new solutions.

”If we want more people to move, meet and feel good, we must create environments where everyone are welcome. Good urban planning is a powerful public health policy tool and inclusive planning is not only fair but also economically wise. Through our new collaboration, we want to offer Swedish municipalities well-proven international knowledge and tools that make it easier to make sustainable decisions”, says Anna König Jerlmyr, CEO of the Arwidsson Foundation.

The partnership will particularly focus on active public spaces to increase public wellbeing - such as sports facilities - for and with girls in Swedish municipalities. The project will provide good practices but also learn from other initiatives in Europe and globally.

Read the press release here:
🗞️https://tinyurl.com/scf-arwidsson

06/10/2025

⭐️We are launching our new toolbox!

World Habitat Day 2025 is putting focus on urban solutions to crises. We kick-start a full month to engage the world on cities at the frontline of crises and solutions.

We’re live from Nairobi, where UN-Habitat has its global headquarters. We are excited to launch a new edition of the Her City Toolbox - a powerful resource for policymakers, urban planners, and community organizations working to transform cities through inclusive design.

By embedding inclusion at the core of urban development, we can co-create cities that are safer, more equal, and sustainable for everyone, everywhere.

Explore how the toolbox supports these goals and drives real change on the ground.

New Her City digital platform:
👉 https://hercity.org

What’s new?
🫶 https://hercity.org/hercity2.0

Contact us!
🤝 hercity@un.org

A special thank you to our external partners providing innovative tools:

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