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Communicating Risk from the Frontline: projecting community voices into disaster risk management policies across scales (Urban Africa Risk Knowledge policy brief, 2018)

May 6, 2019

Research carried out in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on cross-scalar risk communication and disaster risk governance reveals that, while there is considerable potential for communities to measure and communicate risk and to prioritise actions, there is little scope for them to influence disaster risk governance at this point in time. This is partly because, although disaster risk management (DRM) is devolved in Tanzania, it has not gone far enough to give adequate powers and financing to the lowest level of government at the sub-wards, which are at the frontline of managing the biggest everyday risks that people face. The effective communication of risks upwards from communities to governments, and of DRM policies and opportunities downwards to communities and across sectors is crucial to overcome these gaps. When communication is participatory and collaborative, there is scope for local city actors to reflect on the need for action to be joined across governance scales and to ensure communication plays a key role at and between all levels.

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Filed Under: Publications (published in print and/or online), Risk Communication, Risk Communication Highlights, Tanzania, Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Participatory

Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan’s Big Cities: Evidence for Reform (IDS Policy Briefing 166, 2019)

March 9, 2019

Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process. Poor knowledge is, in turn, associated with a low interest in politics, which links to the failure of political parties to directly engage women and address their issues. These challenges can be addressed with better targeted voter education campaigns and a concerted effort by political parties to engage women directly and reduce their perception of being ‘politically invisible’.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Gender, Pakistan, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Elections, Engagement, Women

Who knows best? Cities consult citizens for fresh ideas (TRF news article, February 2019)

February 13, 2019

This news article from the Thomson Reuters Foundation focuses on how gathering public input on government plans, often via digital tools, is a growing trend at municipal and national levels.

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Filed Under: Germany, Participation, Spain, Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Digital Democracy

Adolescent Girls Creating Safer Cities: Harnessing the Potential of Communication for Development (UN-Habitat, 2012)

October 11, 2018

Safer cities strive to create public spaces that are open and accessible to everyone, without exception. Most cities, however, are not totally safe for
adolescent girls. What’s more, they are run and developed predominantly without their needs being taken into account. Each week 1 million people
move from the countryside to city slums, of which a growing number of migrants are girls, and there is growing pressure to find ways to address the myriad of dangers girls face, from violence and exploitation to discrimination and access to schooling and safe housing.

Communication for Development (C4D) has emerged as an important addition to those promoting the rights of girls in the city. Programmes based on C4D take into account the fact that, as experts in their own safety and use of the city, girls are best positioned to identify the issues and priorities
that affect them today and in the future, in order to make cities safer and more inclusive. In short, C4D gives adolescent girls a voice with which to take an active role in the development of safe urban environments.

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Filed Under: *REGION: Global, Advocacy, C4D Introduction, Children, Participation, Publications (published in print and/or online), Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Behaviour change, Cities, Girls, Media

“Voice of the voiceless”: Learning from SORADI’s project to strengthen accountability in Hargeisa (IAAAP Paper, 2018)

May 27, 2018

Citizens’ ability to seek accountability from Hargeisa Local Council is highly constrained, SORADI’s evidence-based, coalition-building model provides some clues as to what an effective approach might look like. Diverse, highly-networked, inclusive groups of citizens can work together to design and implement advocacy strategies, creating positive momentum for change. However, the development of capable, accountable and responsive authorities requires a step-change in the quality of the Councillors, who are responsible for leadership and oversight.

The paper draws on 22 key informant interviews who have been involved in the project, including members from both accountability fora.

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Filed Under: Governance, Publications (published in print and/or online), Social Mobilisation, Somalia, Urban Development, Urban Highlights, Voice and Accountability Tagged With: gender

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