Girls claim their right to safer cities - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #15

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive.

In this episode, Plan International colleagues and young women activists from the Safer Cities for Girls programme, from India, Peru, Uganda and Vietnam, tell us what this globally-united but locally-implemented initiative looks like in different cities around the world, deploying innovative participatory methods for young people to lead change in their cities. We also learn why adolescent girls have unique and specific experiences and needs in public spaces and why it is important to sensitise decision-makers, adolescent boys and the wider community to these.

We spoke with:
• Yllaylee Das, Global Programme Manager for Safer Cities for Girls, Plan International
• Krati Sharma, Country Lead for Safer Cities for Girls, Plan International India
• Tran Minh Quang, Project Officer, Safer Cities for Girls, Plan International Vietnam
• Lydia Tebekkanya, Country Lead for Safer Cities for Girls, Plan International Uganda
• Diana Rodríguez López, Country Lead for Safer Cities for Girls, Plan International, Peru
• Duong Phuong Anh, a young activist involved in Safer Cities for Girls in Hanoi, Vietnam
• Juliet Nameere, a young activist involved in Safer Cities for Girls in Kampala, Uganda
• Marjorie Mauricio, a young activist involved in Safer Cities for Girls in Lima, Peru.

Explore the Centre’s ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ report: http://icscentre.org/innovationreport from November 2020.

Find out more about Plan International at their website: https://plan-international.org/ending-violence/safer-cities-girls or on Twitter https://twitter.com/PlanGlobal and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/planinternational/.

This podcast is kindly supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and its Strong Cities 2030 initiative. Promoting global collaboration and knowledge sharing for sustainable urban development. Find out more about Stronger Cities 2030 at: https://www.kas.de/en/strong-cities-2030.