Leticia Sabino

Leticia Sabino
Instituto Caminhabilidade

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

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

Leticia Sabino
Instituto Caminhabilidade