Urban planning has long ignored women's experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer

By Nicole Kalms, Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
Charishma Ratnam, Research Fellow, Deakin University
Gill Matthewson, Lecturer, Department of Design, Monash University
Murray Lee, Professor of Criminology, University of Sydney
Rebecca Wickes, Professor of Criminology, Griffith University

Women are most likely to feel unsafe in their cities or towns, but planning authorities have rarely listened to them. Here’s what we can do to change that.

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