Gender-Based Planning for Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces
Examining the implications of gender-based planning in London.
2 October 2018
This research looked at the implication of gender-based planning, ensuring that specific problems in听practice were defined and understood. The plan was to use stakeholder mapping to identify and assess听existing services and projects, as well as the positions and priorities of significant听stakeholders,听analysing the relevant development policies, plans and initiatives.
The primary output was a scoping study for the London Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC).听Data was collected initially from a workshop held as part of the Greater London Authorities' Night听Safety Summit. Then, building on the outcomes of the Night Safety Summit, we carried out further, in-depth interviews with key participants and stakeholders.听The aim of the research was to produce research results that would be impactful to policymakers, and听therefore the research followed a methodology of engaged scholarship and co-creation with听practitioners.听
The primary conclusion of the scoping study was that for women and girls to exercise and enjoy their听鈥渞ight to the city;鈥 to make London a safer city for women and girls, 鈥渁 city of freedoms, opportunities听and rights for all,鈥 London must simultaneously develop gender expertise and increase women鈥檚听leadership in built environment design and decision-making processes.听
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