How Today's Gendered Cities Continue to Fail Women | Nourhan Bassam

Check out our latest episode and listen as we dive into the intersection of #cities, #feminism, and #inclusivespaces with a social entrepreneur, educator, and feminist urbanist, Nourhan Bassam . . 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. . Nourhan has a professional background in architecture and urban design and is at the final stage of her Ph.D. studies, with a research focus on #sustainablecommunities, #resilientcities, and #socialinclusivity. She conducts informal interviews and conversations with various people throughout her research process. Her goal is to identify ways to conduct real citizen-empowered #publicparticipation that turns ideas into concrete, understandable, and engaging improvements in the places we live in. She is the founder and CEO of GamingX. This think-tank tries to help marginalized groups in the city by focusing on #communitydevelopment and #empowerment, working to create play spaces and active urban places that are accessible and inclusive for all members of the community. She has also been working on a project called "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲," where she tries to amplify and draw attention to the restrictions and failures that women face in cities. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. . Curious to know more about Nourhan's work? Check out the links below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nourhan-b... https://www.instagram.com/gamingx.place/ https://twitter.com/nourhanbassam12 https://www.behance.net/gallery/16791... . . 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬, this can help us make more valuable content and will help reach the word to more listeners like yourself! . Hosted by: Arezoo Mohebpour . Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/burble License code: KLNTGY93555DGO0T . #GenderedCities #FeministUrbanDesign #GenderEquality #UrbanInclusion #GenderMainstreaming #UrbanFeminism #GenderResponsiveCities #DesigningforEquality #SafeStreets #PublicSpaces4All #GenderJustice #EqualCities #WomenInUrbanism #InclusiveDesign #IntersectionalUrbanism #CityWithoutHarassment #GenderSensitivity #AccessibleCities #StreetsForAllGenders #ParticipatoryPlanning