Walker from São Paulo. Master in City Planning and Urban Design from UCL (University College London) in London – Chevening scholar. Business administrator from FGV – EAESP, postgraduate in Creative Economy and Creative Cities from FGV. Founder and Director of the Walkability Institut, an organization led by women and founded in 2012 that develops walkable cities with citizen protagonism.
Panelist at COP-26, recognized as Remarkable Women in Transport in 2020, and columnist for Caos Planejado. Expert in participatory methodologies and projects to transform cities into more walkable environments. Has created and coordinated projects related to political advocacy, urban interventions, participatory methodologies, gender equity, climate change, urbanism, research, among others.
Conceived and mobilized the open street programme in São Paulo Paulo, Paulista Aberta. She documents sidewalks around the world on Instagram @acaminhante_urbana.
Selected publications or texts
- Technical Walkability Index through Gender Perspective in Curitiba (IADB project) – conception, team coordination, application, analysis and executive coordination – methodology developed available here CARTILHA COM DETALHAMENTO DA METODOLOGIA – RELATÓRIO- PODCAST BID
- Walkability Index through Gender and Race Perspective in Salvador – conception, team coordination, application, analysis and executive coordination VÍDEO DO PROJETO – RELATÓRIO FINAL – MAIS INFORMAÇÕES
- Walkability consultancy to Global Design Cities Initiative and Urban Transit and Transport Autarchy of Recife for the Booklet of Street Designs of Recife (CTTU) Manual de Desenho de Ruas do Recife
- SABINO, Leticia Leda; UCHOA, Louise. Can the pandemic situation generate walkable cities? Magazine MONU #33 Pandemic Urbanism, 2020. https://sampape.medium.com/can-the-pandemic-situation-generate-walkable-cities-c310920767a
- JUNQUEIRA, Alice.; SANTOS NUNES, Ana Carolina.; SABINO, Leticia Leda. ¿Cómo observar y evaluar el espacio público con las mujeres para contribuir con la construcción de ciudades seguras y sostenibles? URBS Revista de Estudios Urbanos y Ciencias Sociales ISSN: 2014-2714. Universidad de Almería, Almería, vol. 9, n. 1, 2019. http://www2.ual.es/urbs/index.php/urbs/article/view/junqueira_nunes_sabino/0
- JUNQUEIRA, Alice; SABINO, Leticia Leda. Auditorías de percepción de seguridad de género y calidad de la caminabilidad en el espacio público – El caso de Jardim Brasil, São Paulo, Brasil. In Alvaro, N. P.; Cevallos, E. P., y Endara, G. (eds.) Más allá de los límites – apuntes para una movilidad inclusiva (pp. 210-221). Quito: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES-ILDIS), 2017. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/quito/13868.pdf
- SABINO, Leticia Leda. Ruas Empáticas – estratégias de desenho urbano para melhorar a experiência da vida cotidiana nas cidades. Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos. 21o Congresso Brasileiro de Transporte e Trânsito, 2017. http://files.antp.org.br/2017/7/10/ruasempaticas_estrategiasdedesenhourbanoparamelhoraraexperienciadavidacotidiananascidades_leticiasabino.pdf
Selected speaking engagements
- Presentation at COP-26 United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP-26 in panel Women leaders across the globe transforming street design, alongside Leslie Kern, Janet Sanz Cid, Carly Gilbert -Patrick, Anabel Gulías and Anna Richardson
- Participation in the Women Leaders Urban event at the invitation of the IDB in Washington, in 2019, together with mayors, secretaries, ministers and councilors from several cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Participation in IDB Women’s Day webinars, publication Gender and cities: practical and intersectional guide for more inclusive cities
- Participation in GIZ’s Women Mobilize Women in Germany 2018
- Performances at Walk 21 Vienna, Bogotá, Rotterdam, Dublin and Kigali; 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Awards and recognitions
Participation in the publication Remarkable Women in Transport in 2020