This research–into–action brief explores how the climate crisis is reshaping the lives of an estimated 500 million children and young people growing up in slums and informal settlements. These children are on the frontlines of climate impacts – including extreme heat, floods, and landslides – that intensify existing vulnerabilities such as unsafe housing, lack of basic services, and food insecurity. These conditions, in turn, disrupt health, learning, safety, and family stability.

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Girls and young women face distinct challenges in cities and urban contexts – and those living in informal settlements and slums grapple with even greater challenges, shaped by extreme inequities. Over the past 10 years, a plethora of practical guides have been published to support making cities better for girls and women. After reviewing 16 of the key guides on gender-sensitive urban planning – tools, toolkits and handbooks – we selected eight to feature in this brief, based on various criteria. Priority was given to guides that could be applied to informal contexts and the global South. After a short summary of the ways girls and women are excluded from urban planning, design and governance, this brief offers practical, action-oriented guidelines and recommendations drawn from the eight guides.

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