Umeå and Bogotá, Colombia

Project: Exploring gender equality and care: a territorial approach

Umeå and Bogotá, Colombia, will together address the in Bogotá, around 1.2 million of women dedicate more than seven hours a day to unpaid work.

The objectives are focused around Policy implementation as well as Information sharing on this issue:

• To implement the cultural transformation strategy for prevention gender-based violence and redistribution of care.

• To reflect and gather evidence on care, urban development and cultural transformation for redistribution of care and prevention of violences.

As for exchange and peer-learning, between the partners, the learning goals are that:

  • Participants will be able to identify and evaluate policies that promote gender equity and reduce gender-based stereotypes, gaining insights into how these policies function and their impact on local communities.
  • Participants will enhance knowledge exchange and practical application designing and implementing an action in partnership with a university (summer school or academic paper).
  • Participants will be able to understand how urban interventions can reduce violence and how to promote a safer city with gender lenses.

The partnership is part of the Network for Gender equality.