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Azerbaijan

The film addresses the issues around the lack of public trash bins around the central parts of the city. Already existing general irresponsibility of the citizens and the institutions with waste management gets worse when people need help finding trash bins in public spaces to dispose of their own trash. The situation leaves many parts of the city with open trash in the streets. Although it is cleaned regularly, still the inconvenience is real when one feels responsible and is in need of a bin to dispose of the trash.

Azerbaijan

The film is about a woman who tries to seek help from her friend during her menstrual cycle. On her way to the doctor, she faces the challenges of a poorly planned road plan, and the poor conditions of the public transport she is taking add up to her struggles. Many conservative families are against women becoming intimate with men before marriage. The situation brings a lot of shame and struggles for women when they try to seek help from gynecologists. Also, the film addresses the challenges women face in public transport and public spaces during menstruation.

Azerbaijan

Due to public shaming, lack of awareness and education, and exclusive spaces, disabled communities struggle the most and turn into home prisoners at some point. The integration of disabled people into society is very limited in Azerbaijan and the film highlights a deaf person’s perspective on daily life. Due to little to no existing inclusive infrastructure in Baku, most disabled people find it hard to go out of their houses without being dependent on a helper. Also, those who feel comfortable going out are always subjected as someone “in need” and get many offers from the public for help which the person did not even ask for in the first place. Many also assume that people with disabilities are in need of money and often offer them some financial help as well, which leaves many in an uncomfortable situation. The public authorities who are responsible for the city design and institutions working with people with disabilities are usually very irresponsive and the needs of the community have been unfortunately neglected for years with many empty promises to provide necessary design and tools around the neighborhoods to make life easier for them.

Georgia

The stories brought to us is history made alive by local elder Natela. With great nostalgia and sadness she tells us about times before when schwabs came to Bolnisi.

Taiwan

Nepal

Open space plays very important role in dense urban areas for maintaining health and wellbeing of people and the environment of the city. Due to rapid urbanization, haphazard development is seen without adequate open spaces. In other hand, the existing open spaces are being encroached and neglected. This video is about the revitalization of one of the open spaces of traditional city, Bagaicha of Lubhoo, Mahalaxmi Municipality, Nepal. The community collaborated with local government and Lumanti (NGO) for participatory process from designing to operation of the garden.