Create safer parks for women and girls

Practical guidelines which will help to make parks and green spaces safer for women and girls across the UK was launched at a conference organised by the University of Leeds.  

It follows a recent study of a cross-section of more than a hundred women and girls from West Yorkshire which found that most believed their local parks to be unsafe.  

The guidance is primarily aimed at parks managers, landscape architects and other public realm design professionals across the UK. It helps stakeholders understand gender-sensitive principles of safety and implement changes at varying scales and budgets. The principles cover ten core areas under three themes.

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