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Rosengard, Malmö, Sweden successfully moved from a period of riots, due to
a disenfranchised immigrant population to actively empowering and engaging
young women in participatory place making. Thirteen young political refugee teenager women
from Iraq and Afghanistan organized and led design workshops, community events working
with Rosengard residents and the City of Malmö Environmental and Parks
Departments. Learning how to accomplish physical change to support positive
sustainable development, the spaces between existing buildings shaped
their proposed projects; a playground, enhanced town center, and community
gardens. These projects in this presentation have been recently built by
the City of Malmö adding to Rosengards social capital. Through dialogue
and community organizing of 6,400 participants, 136 workshops, events
comprised of over 60 % of political refugee women. Their informed wholeisitic
decision-making, through an empowered strong local process, together with
deliverables of strategic physical improvements started the process of building
a sustainable Rosengard. The “pink” large play area and the enhanced town
centers “social square” was completed in September of 2013. With the
leadership and collaborative genius of these young girls Rosengard has now
become the new Eco district in Malmö, Sweden.
