1996 June, Istanbul, Turkey

At Habitat II, the UN Conference on Human Settlements,  HC hosts 50 civil society workshops, a daily women’s caucus, a women’s tent and secures 136 references on women and gender in the Habitat II Agenda.  For the first time women become a central theme of the human settlements agenda. Local HC partner KEDV arranges a daycare center to run throughout the conference to support women leaders to balance care and leadership commitments