Urban Talks with Lesie Kern: Feminist City (online discussion, EN)

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.

moderationMilota SidorovaJanuary 16, 2021urban planning, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, feminism, cities

Bratislava erfindet sich neu (article, DE)

More 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.

articleMilota SidorovaNovember 22, 2019mobility, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, urban planning

Creative Mornings Prague: Justice in Cities (lecture)

Creative 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.

lecturesMilota SidorovaAugust 30, 2019cities, lecture, gender mainstreaming, climate change, gender equality

Pecha Kucha Night Bratislava: Masculinity (presentation, SK)

Milota 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.

lecturesMilota SidorovaMay 15, 2019gender equality, gender mainstreaming, cities, urban planning

Fair Urban Planning, Liptovský Mikuláš (lecture_SK)

The 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.

lecturesMilota SidorovaMarch 28, 2019gender equality, gender mainstreaming, urban planning, cities

City Has to Serve Everyone, Bratislava Serves People in Cars, Says Urbanist and Landscape Architect Milota Sidorová (interview_SK)

Who 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.

articleMilota SidorovaOctober 16, 2018cities, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, urban planning

Feminism x City, Košice (debate_SK)

Together with the team Spolka, we have prepared a series of lectures for you "Mestoláska", about life in the city, urban planning through the themes of democracy, equality, transparency and opportunities in the city. We give the city its attention because its future is about the everyday about establishing relationships. In the third lecture Feminist City / Sexist City, we welcome architect Milota Sidorova - a freelance urban planner who, as an urban planning consultant, helps fine-tune public, private and non-governmental projects, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.

lecturesMilota SidorovaMay 13, 2018cities, feminism, gender mainstreaming, gen

Pecha Kucha Night: Fair-Shared City (presentation_SK)

Slovak 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?

lecturesMilota SidorovaApril 6, 2018architecture, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, dem

Why Do We Need More Women in Architecture and Urban Planning Related Disciplines? (lecture) TEDx Trencin

Architecture 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

Gender Mainstreaming as a Tool for More Equitable City. Minsk (lecture)

Are 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

Women in Public Spaces: When Personal Becomes Political, Tbilisi (seminar)

The 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.

Urban Axes Lecture, Pilsen (lecture)

Viennese 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.