Safety in Public Space - Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People

The experiences, needs and realities of women, girls and gender diverse people have long been excluded from urban development processes. This has resulted in an under-provision of basic facilities that make public spaces truly accessible (for example adequate lighting, play spaces, sheltered rest spots, accessible, clear sight lines etc.) as well as an erasure of their experiences and needs in infrastructure investment decisions. As a result, many women, girls and gender diverse people feel inconvenienced, ill-at-ease and endangered in the urban environment.

This report seeks to address this by developing a toolkit of questions that can support public space producers to include a gender perspective in their projects. As part of the second phase of this work we will be rolling these questions out across 10 projects across London and capturing the impact they have.

Download the full report here.