Fifth World Urban Forum (WUF5) in Rio de Janeiro:
March 22-26, 2010

March 22-26, 2010 | Rio de Janeiro

The Huairou Commission, its members, and several partner organizations have developed a comprehensive program that will garner space at the Forum for grassroots women to ensure their expertise and priorities are visibly recognized and integrated into the agreements and commitments made by institutions and key stakeholder groups at, and in the follow up from WUF V.

World Urban Forum V
The UN-Habitat will be holding the fifth session of the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil focusing on the Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide. The WUF is a key international venue focusing on human settlements and we will bring forth the recommendations and results generated at the Grassroots Women’s Academy to this important event.

The Huairou Commission, its members, and several partner organizations are developing a comprehensive program that will garner space at the Forum for grassroots women to contribute to policy conversations and present recommendations as key stakeholders in the global effort toward building inclusive and sustainable cities where their re-conceptualization of right to the city is brought into the global agenda

Huairou Commission Activities at the World Urban Forum V:

PRE WUF

-March 15-18th 2010: Claiming our Cities, Claiming our Roles: WUF V Grassroots Women’s Academy (In partnership with: HC,GROOTS and Rio Women’s Coalition Towards WUFV)
-March 19-20th 2010: Gender Assembly (UN-Habitat)

THEMATIC NETWORKING EVENTS:

• Democratizing Decentralization: Women Take the Lead: (Huairou Commission in partnership with Cordaid and IDRC)
  
• Local Governments Role in Building Resilience - Reducing Disaster-Risk: (In partnership with: HC, Groots, UN-Habitat, UNISDR)
  
  THEMATIC ROUNDTABLES:
  
  
• Gender Criteria: A Device to Ensure Gender Equality in Land Tools Roundtable: ( In partnership with: HC ,UNHabitat and GLTN)
  
• Gender and Women’s Roundtabe-Towards Safer Cities for Women: (In partnership with: Brazilian Women Affairs Ministry, UN Habitat, UNIFEM, HC, UCLG, CAPWIP; COHRE; ILGS, Women and Habitat LAC, WICI)
  
  
  TRAINING EVENTS
  
  
• How Community Stakeholders Can Design Safe, Inclusive Neighborhoods: (In partnership with: CMHC, HC and GROOTS)
  
  DAILY WOMEN’S CAUCUS (M-Fri)
  
  
  
  
  

Preliminary Programme :      (MS Excel file)

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Partners: UN-Habitat Gender Mainstreaming Unit, United Cities Local Governments, GLTN, UNIFEM, CORDAID, Commonwealth Planners’ Association (CAP), COHRE, IHS, Women’s Affairs Ministry of Brazil, The AFRUS-AIDS Partnership, UCLG, CAPWIP, ILG