Women constitute one-third of the world's labor force ...
Women work two-thirds of the world's working hours ...
Women earn one-tenth of the world's income ...
If the societies of the world are to advance,
women must be educated and empowered.
"In 2008, the world [will reach] an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost five billion…the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth."
[Source: June 28, 2007 report from the City Mayors Society]
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The aim of the 18th ICOWHI conference, “Cities and Women’s Health: Global Perspectives,” is to identify and explore areas of urban planning and financing that are likely to promote women’s health. Far too often, health care professionals, policy makers, and urban planners have conducted their work under the assumption that the needs of women are the same as the needs of men. The intellectual discourse generated by the ICOWHI conference will challenge that assumption.
Conference themes focus upon the (re)structuring of urbanizing and urban environments to make them conducive to preserving and promoting women’s health. By bringing together professionals from all facets of health care, health policy and urban design and financing, the conference will stimulate inter-disciplinary exploration and discovery of how urban environments can protect and promote women’s health, and, conversely, of how women’s health affects urban environments.
Experts in a variety of disciplines including urban design, health sciences, health policy, social policy, law, education, anthropology and sociology will identify and critically analyze best practices and new strategies to enhance women’s health in urban places. The anticipated outcome is the generation of new paradigms of scholarship and practice that structure urban environments in terms of health, and women’s health in particular.
Call for Abstracts begins Saturday 10 January 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission is Friday 31 July 2009
Updated: May 22, 2009
