Ms Caren Levy
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Profile
Biography
Urban development planner working on planning, community-led development and governance, with a focus on housing, infrastructure and transport in urban areas in the global South. She has a special interest in the institutionalisation of social justice in policy and planning, particularly related to the cross-cutting issues of gender, diversity and environment. In these fields, she has 25 years experience of teaching, research, training and consultancy in mainstreaming social justice in organisational development, and exploring innovatory approaches to planning methodology, planning education and capacity building. She works both in London and abroad for governments and international organisations, including UN Habitat, ILO, EU, DFID, SDC, SIDA, and in-country, including Egypt, Namibia, India, Sri Lanka, Chile and Brazil.
Research Summary
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Research outputs
| Reducing urban poverty; some lessons from experience | 1998 | Anzorena J,Bolnick J,Boonyabancha S,Cabannes Y,Hardoy A,Hasan A,LEVY C,Mitlin D,Murphy D,Patel S,Saborido M,Satterthwaite D,Stein A |
| Institutionalisation of Gender through Participatory Practice | 1998 | LEVY C |
| The Development Planning Unit (DPU) Framework in “Which Framework? Gender Training - Four Current Models" | 1997 | LEVY C |
| The process of Institutionalising Gender in Policy and Planning: the web of institutionalisation | 1996 | LEVY C |
| The environment for children: Understanding and acting on the environmental hazards that threaten children and their parents | 1996 | Satterthwaite D,Hart R,LEVY C,Mitlin D,Ross D,Smit J,Stephens C |
| Institucionalizacion del genero en las politicas y planificacion de los asentamientos humanos | 1996 | LEVY C |
| Moving Towards the Gendered City | 1995 | LEVY C,Beall J |
| Methodological Issues in Gender and Language | 1994 | LEVY C |
| The Gendered City | 1994 | LEVY C |
| IBIS Namibia Gender Strategy 1993-94 | 1993 | LEVY C,Pigott M |
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Research activities
| HIV and AIDS and informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) |
| Local governance, urban mobility and poverty reduction. Lessons from Medellín, Colombia |