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Re-entitling Women of Manyatta
SERVICES
This project focuses on the future of Manyatta, Kisumu's largest informal settlement, examining its rapid growth, development pressures, and untapped human capital. Rather than employing a rigid "master planning" approach, the project advocates for "pilot planning" to allow flexible, short-term goals that don't limit long-term options, emphasizing infrastructural and gender-specific issues. Acknowledging the significant role of women in Manyatta's micro-economy, the project aims to empower them and change cultural perceptions, while also highlighting the importance of social spaces and policies to reinforce the settlement's socio-economic identity.
When Women design their cities
LOCATION
KISUMU, KENYA
YEAR
2018
PARTNERS
Columbia University, Millennium Cities Initiative, Maseno University
The G.I.D.P is a proposed policy that recognizes the Women's Collective as key stakeholders in the development of Manyatta. By bringing together women, landowners, and the government, they can collaborate to achieve more collectively.
Women acting as an asset for the community.
The Gender Inclusionary Development Policy (G.I.D.P) proposed by the project is a testament to its commitment to community advocacy and stakeholder engagement. This policy aims to strengthen women's voices through collective action, land-pooling for landowners, and government investment in gender-sensitive development. It envisions creating a socio-economic enterprise zone, enhancing commercial viability, and improving connections to infrastructure and institutions. This policy helps drive inclusive, safe, and accessible design, through cultural sensitivity. The project's approach to landscape design and spatial planning is rooted in community-centric values, aiming to empower the women of Manyatta, and through it fostering overall community development.
SPREAD THE WORD
This project, "Re-Entitling Women of Manyatta," started with deep community understanding and awareness of marginalized stakeholders → uncovering the critical role of women in Kisumu's Manyatta. It adopts a participatory design brainstorming approach, engaging women as key stakeholders in pilot planning, rather than traditional master planning. This strategy ensures flexibility in meeting immediate objectives without hindering long-term prospects. Emphasizing gender-specific issues, the project showcases how empowering women and evolving cultural perceptions can significantly impact the socio-economic identity of Manyatta. This approach integrates community-centered design, and innovative, inclusive spatial planning to build a transformative impact on the community.
Addressing the major issue hindering the contribution of the community in the formal economy
Women Community and their functions in the society of Manyatta
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