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Towards Gender-Sensitive Urban Infrastructure

Hari Chandana has spotlighted how urban planning in India often overlooks context-specific problems women face access public spaces and amenities limiting mobility, safety and equal citizenship. As Hyderabad’s Administrative Head, she drove gender audits of civic infrastructure and transport integration to address vulnerabilities like lack of clean, accessible toilets and safe last-mile connectivity preventing women […]

Updated:Dec 07, 2023

Hari Chandana has spotlighted how urban planning in India often overlooks context-specific problems women face access public spaces and amenities limiting mobility, safety and equal citizenship.

As Hyderabad’s Administrative Head, she drove gender audits of civic infrastructure and transport integration to address vulnerabilities like lack of clean, accessible toilets and safe last-mile connectivity preventing women for fully participating in urban life. #EqualCities #GenderJustCities

Chandana’s initiatives like She Toilets have highlighted that infrastructure must factor gender concerns from the design stage itself. By displaying how inclusive civic design enables women’s advancement, she has shaped discourse on building equal cities. #SocialDesign #HariChandana

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