Detailed description (English): Woman’s visibility in urban spaces is key to claim the right to the city. Cycling is a particularly powerful way for women to become visible in the society and a complete new way to interact with the city. Fancy Women Bike Ride is an event for women, organised by women to remember the liberating joy of cycling and to inspire more women to use bicycle in the cities.
The more women cycle, the more women will be encouraged to cycle.
Ride with us.
The guidelines for Fancy Women Bike Ride are as follows (although, these are not strict rules) :
Dress code: fancy, Decorate your bicycle,
Pose for the cameras and take selfies,
Greet and smile at people during the bike ride,
Bring your best friend.
The idea for these events began in 2013 in Izmir, Turkey. Every year, Fancy Women Bike Ride is held on World Car Free Day in destinations all over the world.
Detailed description (original language): A visibilidade feminina nos espaços urbanos é chave fundamental para reivindicar o direito à cidade. Andar de bicicleta é uma forma particularmente poderosa de as mulheres se tornarem
visíveis na sociedade e uma forma completamente nova de interagir com a cidade. Fancy Women Bike Ride é um evento feminino, organizado por mulheres para lembrar a alegria libertadora de andar de bicicleta e para inspirar mais mulheres a usarem a bicicleta nas cidades.
Quanto mais mulheres pedalarem, mais mulheres serão incentivadas a pedalar.
Junta-te a nós.
As diretrizes para participar no Fancy Women Bike Ride (são flexíveis):
Dress Code: elegante, decorar a bicicleta,
Posar para as câmaras e tirar selfies,
Cumprimentar e sorrir ( “SORRIR E ACENAR” ) para as pessoas durante o passeio de bicicleta,
Trazer a(o) melhor amiga(o).
A ideia para este evento começou em 2013 em Izmir, na Turquia. Todos os anos, o Fancy Women Bike Ride é realizado por altura do Dia Mundial Sem Carros em várias cidades por todo o mundo.
Target group(s): Women, children,.. everybody.
Objectives: It’s purpose is encouraging more women to use the bicycle in urban areas as well as demading road safety for the cyclists.
It is a manifestation, a smiling manifestation.
In cities all around the globe, volunteer women organise the event locally and dedicate their time all around the year to promote and develop it.
It is an independent event.
The distance of the ride is short and mainly in the city centre.
It takes place every year on World Car Free Day in September.
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