Do cities work the same way for everyone? And what -everyone- means? These questions will be addressed by a Canadian urban geographer, professor and writer Leslie Kern. In 2019, she published the book Feminist City, in which she describes how difficult it is for women to live comfortably in cities planned by men. How important is to include the feminist view to urbanism? Discussion will be moderated by Milota Sidorová.
Read MoreMore bicycles, buses and trams should shape the cityscape in the future. But the mobility patterns of women and men differ. Transport policy is the construction of roads - for decades the politicians in Bratislava concentrated on car traffic as if there were no local transport and bicycles. Setting up new bus lanes was almost breaking a taboo. Politicians admitted to cycling, but it suffered from implementation. This has had consequences to this day: Less than two percent of all trips are made on bicycles.
Read MoreCreative Mornings Prague will focus on gender perspective of architecture and urbanism. The Creative mornings story began in 2008 in New York. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short lecture on Friday morning once a month. In summer edition Milota Sidorova, urban development specialist will cover architecture and urban planning from a gender perspective. She will present practical examples of gender sensitive design that can contribute to improving the quality of Czech and Slovak urban planning.
Read More𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (English)
Slovkian urban planner Milota Sidorova talks about why we need more women in professions such as city administration and urban development.
Once you realize it, it makes a profound sense: men and women use the public space differently. Transport, playground, but also cemeteries. But city planners often do not think about the different needs of people. Milota Sidorová is in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in order to change it. A graduated landscape architect has combined urban planning with sociology and other humanities, and offers another recipe to change it - to help female architects stand out.
Read MoreMilota is expert on gender-sensitive urban planning. The differences between men and women using the public space were clarified in her presentation at PechaKucha Night Bratislava on the topic of masculinity.
Read MoreThe lecture focused on exploring architecture and urban planning through gender optics that allows us to uncover many inequalities and neglected urban development. In the lecture brought practical demonstrations of gender sensitive design and planning, mobility of care from different foreign cities. In the latter part conclusion were made for possible solutions and stimuli for increasing the quality of planning of Slovak cities.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered how different men, women, children and seniors live and work in cities and suburbias? Do you know how these groups usually move around the city and what obstacles they have to face? To what extent do we realize how bad the city's infrastructure, the cars on the sidewalks or the lack of large trees make our lives worse? In this edition of the Female Gender, with the urban planner Milota Sidorova, we will talk about livable cities, the women's view of the profession, the world around us, and how important it is to support women in the profession.
Read MoreWho rides by car in the city? Who spends time in the parks? Who uses public transport? Who are the people who spend the most time in the city during the day? These are questions that should be the starting point for any public space intervention or urban design. With the urbanist and landscape architect Milota Sidorová, we talked about the topic of gender-sensitive planning. For example, she explained why it is important for girls and boys to play on the playgrounds.
Read MoreSlovak native studied among other things. landscape architecture and urban planning (thanks to Fulbright scholarship even in New York). How accommodating is the urban space to its inhabitants? And are we equal in it? Why do women rarely appear in the role of experts on urban themes and what benefits do they have?
Read MoreWe cordially invite you to an event, the first of its kind - aimed at networking and sharing experiences, organized by prominent Czech and international organizations involved in raising awareness of gender equality, architecture and spatial planning. How to design a fair shared city? What is gender mainstreaming? How can we use its principles to improve the quality of architectural practice and spatial planning and thus the quality of life in cities?
Read MoreArchitecture is a field in which ever more dominated by men. Their word carries more weight and confidence. Why is this so? The fact that architecture needs more women talking Milota Sidorová. Language: Slovak
Read MoreAre we all equal when it comes to the use of public space? How different are the needs of men, women and other groups living in our cities? How can we create space that is offering its fair share to everyone? Language: English
Read MoreOver the breakfast we were discussing the topic with three powerful women working in real-estate industry. Jana Musilova, Co-owner, vice-chair woman of LIKO-S, Nada Ptackova, CEO, Skanska Reality and Viktorie Souckova. Moderator: Milota Sidorova.
Read MoreThe interdisciplinary conference aimed at attracting attention to gender issues and researching the women’s role and input into the development of architecture, art, and urban planning in the age of modernism.
Read MoreThe 5th International Gender Workshop: Women in the Public Spaces: When Personal Becomes Political was hosted by Heinrich Boll Foundation and featured series of invited lectures and workshops by experts from Tbilisi, Kyiv, Berlin, Moscow, Prague and Warsaw.
Read MoreViennese Mariahilferstrasse was reconstructed with extraordinary planning effort that included wide range of user, transportation and business needs. I presented this case study in a co-lecture on the topic transformations of urban boulevards and axes.
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