Ortiz, Catalina; (2022) Democratizing pathways for equality in Latin America. (GOLD VI Working Paper Series 12 , pp. pp. 1-18 ). United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG): Barcelona, Spain.

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This paper has been produced as an Issue-Based Contribution to the sixth Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD VI): the flagship publication of the organized constituency of local and regional governments represented in United Cities and Local Governments. The GOLD VI report has been produced in partnership with the Development Planning Unit (University College London), through the programme Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW). GOLD VI focuses on how local and regional governments can address the local manifestations of growing inequalities and contribute to create ’Pathways toward urban and territorial equality’. The GOLD VI report has been produced through a large-scale international co-production process, bringing together over a hundred representatives of local and regional governments, academics and civil society organizations. This paper is an outcome of this process and is part of the GOLD VI Working Paper series, which collects the 22 Issue-Based Contributions produced as part of the GOLD VI process. In particular, the present paper has contributed to Chapter 9 on ‘Democratizing’, which focuses on the challenges and opportunities for local and regional governments in implementing meaningful participatory processes, and democratizing decision-making, unpacking asymmetries of power and the underpinning trends affecting processes of democratization. Through the lens of ‘democratizing’, the chapter explores how local and regional governments can promote more egalitarian, participatory and democratic processes, giving voice to marginalized groups of society, minorities and other groups, and thus contribute to urban and territorial equality. This paper has been produced by Catalina Ortiz. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her professional experience spans over two decades focusing on teaching, research and consultancy linked to international organizations, national and local governments around spatial planning issues in Latin America. Currently she is an Associate Professor at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at the University College London. She is the Programme Leader of the MSc Building and Urban Design in Development. She leads the project ‘Framing Living Heritage as a Tool to Prevent Spatial Violence’ funded by the British Academy. She is also Co-Investigator of the project ‘KNOW’ and ‘GREAT’ both funded by the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund. She uses decolonial and critical urban theory through knowledge co-production methodologies to study the politics of space production to foster more just cities and the recognition of multiple urban knowledges.

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