Capacity Development
Urban challenges are evolving rapidly, yet educational and professional training frameworks often lag behind emerging realities such as care-responsive mobility, climate adaptation, informal transport systems, and inclusive public space design. This programme bridges that gap by aligning education, policy, and practice.
Technical Review of Urban Planning Curricula Through a Care- and Age-Sensitive Mobility Lens (Kenya)
This technical curriculum review examines how undergraduate urban and transport planning programmes in Kenya prepare future professionals to understand and respond to the mobility realities of caregivers, children, older adults, and persons with disabilities.
Undertaken by Women Shaping Cities under the Invisible in Motion (IiM) initiative, the review applies the Care & Age-Sensitive Mobility Index (CAMI) to assess curricula across four universities, University of Nairobi, Technical University of Kenya, Maseno University, and JOOUST, across five dimensions: Safety, Walking & Cycling Infrastructure, Supportive Amenities, Participation, and Data & Evidence.
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Our review of undergraduate planning programmes across four Kenyan universities found strong technical foundations alongside limited explicit engagement with caregiving, children’s mobility, ageing, and interdependent travel patterns. These insights provide an evidence base to support curriculum strengthening, professional training, and closer alignment between education, policy commitments, and inclusive urban practice.