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International Conference organised by EU COST Action: genderSTE http://www.genderste.eu/ ENGENDERING CITIES: Designing Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Environments Rome, 25 and 26 September 2014 Venue: Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Sala Polifunzionale, Via Santa Marķa in Via 37, Rome, Italy Open Call for Abstracts Deadline April 15th 2014 This conference aims to advance a better understanding of how gender dimensions interact with built environments as they are relevant to several of the Grand Challenges identified in the new European Research Programme Horizon 2020: energy, climate, security, inclusion, wellbeing, quality of life, aging, transport, digital agenda. The conference aims to produce a stocktake of the current situation, develop a research agenda to identify main issues, and advance the state of the art of gender analysis and policy in a number of various domains relevant to urban environments. Conference themes are: Improving the Quality of Life for All in Urban Environments Integrating Gender in Smart Cities Safe Cities for Women and Girls, Safe Cities for All Gender, Built Environments, Energy and Climate Change Practical Tools for Gender Mainstreaming Urban Policies and Planning Engendering Transport EnGendering Urban Policies in the Global South Details for submitting abstracts, and further conference details: http://www.genderste.eu/engendering_submissions.php Professor Susan Buckingham Centre for Human Geography Brunel University London UB8 3PH T: +44 (0)1895 266090 http://www.genderste.eu/