A United Nations official, Angela Mwai, on today said gender responsive urban planning was key to ensuring that cities were sustainable.
Mwai, who was a Leader of Gender and Human Rights Unit at UN Habitat, said in Nairobi that there was need for a paradigm shift in order to make cities more inclusive.
She spoke on the side lines of the gender forum on women and the new urban agenda which is part of the First UN Habitat Assembly.
The UN human settlements agency typically uses two approaches to help governments to mainstream gender in all their urban policies.
She noted that urban transport and mobility policies should ensure that women could undertake both work and household responsibilities.
