Kate Lines

Independent urban research & comms | working w @SDI_net @AfricanCities_ @CitiesAlliance | hon fellow @GlobalDevInst | ex @IIED | views own etc | 🇩🇰 🇬🇧

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

We’re at #WUF12!

Drop by our stand at the urban expo in Hall 4 for a chat about all things #AfricanCities 🌍

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

We are excited to share that ACRC will be involved in two sessions at the inaugural Africa Urban Forum in Addis Ababa, from 4-6 September!

Convened by the @_AfricanUnion, the Forum aims to promote sustainable development in African human settlements.

👉 https://t.co/oE7DeWfW09

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

New case study | Embracing informality for urban transformation in Zimbabwe: The Urban Informality Forum

Zimbabwe has experienced rapid urbanisation since independence in 1980, with 33% of the population now living in urban areas.

[Not_that_PeterEvans @PeterEvans_Guv]

I get asked 'does political economy analysis/research actually make policy, strategy, & programmes work better, or just tell us why nothing works?'.

Here is a great example to add to the positive pile. Imagine more like this! (& fund them!).

Cc @gamblingondev @TWP_Community

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

New case study | Developing policies to support internally displaced people in Mogadishu

The huge scale and rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is the centre of much political debate in Somalia.

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

New case study | Changing waste into wealth in Kampala’s informal settlements

In Kampala’s informal settlements, small businesses are producing briquettes from organic waste. These provide a cheaper, cleaner cooking fuel than wood or charcoal, which most residents currently use.

[Chris Jordan @chrisjords]

This is a really powerful @Wanavijiji_sdi video documenting the evictions in Mathare, Nairobi after the recent floods.

It's shocking to see people's shacks being crushed by diggers - especially as they haven't been given alternative options.
https://t.co/G2MdxibHhZ

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

🏙️ What drives urban reform in African cities?

Our new database spotlights urban reform success stories and is designed as a learning tool for researchers and practitioners.

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

Some positive news: @AliceSverdlik's crowd funder for @Wanavijiji_sdi's flood response in Nairobi has reached the £1000 target 🙌

Thanks to everyone who has donated - and if you haven't yet, please chip in whatever you can: https://t.co/FTtSF64XEm

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

What an amazing story - and a vital slice of urban history 🙌

[One World Together @OWT_UK]

Please consider supporting our incredible partners @Wanavijiji_sdi wa Wanavijiji who are supporting the tens of thousands of households living in informal settlements that have been badly affected by severe flooding across the city.

https://t.co/zpPNlWlQDW

[Kate Lines @thekatelines]

Was a joy to work with @AliceSverdlik on a couple of diagrams for this great new article on climate risks and informal workers' health.

[Kate Lines @thekatelines]

Glad to share our new #covidcollective paper with lessons from #Covid19 vaccine programmes in informal settlements, looking this time at the post-pandemic context. With @sdi_net partners @Wanavijiji_sdi @TrustDialogue @ccode_malawi @ACTogetherUG. @IDS_UK

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

📄 “My business challenges are far worse right now, I will go for Covid-19 vaccine later”: Post-pandemic lessons from the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Nairobi

@thekatelines @GlobalDevInst @sdi_net
https://t.co/yHZvCNdOek

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

NEW RESEARCH | Two new #CovidCollective papers explore the aftermath of the #Covid19 pandemic in four #AfricanCities, focusing on official and grassroots responses, and lessons from vaccine programmes in informal settlements.

@sdi_net @GlobalDevInst @IDS_UK

[Henrik Ernstson @rhizomia]

A shout out and support to the media organisers in Know Your City TV in cities in Africa! @KnowYourCityTV are organising the campaign #DignifiedUrbanLife associated to our work on #COVID19 response in cities in Africa. @AfricanCities_

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#IWD2023

[Fridays For Future Kenya Official @fridays_kenya]

When it comes to the environment, protests are effective to draw attention climate change and pollution and demand action.
It is well within our rights to demand for a liveable planet.
STOP attacking climate activists #TomorrowIsTooLate @WilliamsRuto @Environment_Ke

[Muungano wa Wanavijiji @Wanavijiji_sdi]

Today, youth from @Wanavijiji_sdi joined @fridays_kenya and other partners in the fight for a better future. It's time for us to take action on the climate crisis because #TomorrowIsTooLate.

#WanavijijiVoices #VCA #JustClimateAction #WangariMaathaiDay

[African Cities Research Consortium @AfricanCities_]

🗒️ This new #OpenAccess field note in @EandUjournal draws on @sdi_net surveys from informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai between August and November 2021 to provide a snapshot of how global #Covid19 vaccine inequalities have played out across these cities.

[Environment & Urbanization @EandUjournal]

NEW and #OA: Informal settlement survey data on vaccine rollout in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe & Mumbai via @sdi_net affiliates provides a snapshot of global vaccine inequalities @GlobalDevInst @ccode_malawi @ACTogetherUG @SPARCIndia2 https://t.co/666E4lwGjG