Women Changing Cities Quotes

“According to statistics from the City of Bogotá, of the 4 million women in Bogotá, around 1.3 million perform care work, spending hours transporting themselves and their loved ones across the city, leaving little time for much else. This is having detrimental knock-on effects on the female population, 20% of whom have diagnosed illnesses and 33% of whom are deprived of free time for self-care. In addition, 70% do not get to pursue secondary school education and 90% are on a low income.3 Women in Bogotá are trapped in time poverty, with little hope of finding a way out on their own, hurting not just them but their families and the city as a whole. A report published by UN Women and DANE (Colombia’s national statistical authority) in 2020 found that if it were paid, unpaid care activities would represent 20% of the country’s gross domestic product.4”
― Melissa Bruntlett, Women Changing Cities: Global stories of urban transformation