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National Conference
Friday 18th November 2005
DSC Charity Centre, 24 Stephenson Way, London NW1
Making Safer Places is a 3 year pilot project run by the Women's Design Service. It has involved carrying out Women's Community Safety Audit Training with groups of local women to explore how the built environment impacts upon women's perceptions of safety. The project has delivered in the cities of Manchester, Bristol and London by involving local women in auditing their area and developing recommendations for improving their locality in relation to safety.
Planning Safer Places, run in partnership between WDS and Planning Aid for London, has involved women in making their neighbourhoods safer. The conference will present the outcomes of these projects. The conference will also offer an opportunity for those working or volunteering in the fields of community safety, urban design and equalities to explore issues related to women's safety in urban environments.
Confirmed speakers:
- Vera Baird QC Vera is the Labour MP for Redcar. On entering Parliament she became a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and has served on several standing committees relevant to women and the law. As chair of the Fawcett Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System, Vera brought her expertise to policy recommendations to benefit women victims, women offenders and women workers in criminal justice.
- Anni Marjoram - Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London Anni has campaigned for more representation of women in political and public life for nearly 20 years. She is currently the Policy Adviser on women's issues to the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.
- Elizabeth Johnston - Deputy Director, European Forum for Urban Security The E.F.U.S. is a European NGO founded in 1987. It brings together around 300 local authorities from across Europe working around issues of urban security.
- Sumita Sinha - Ecologic Chartered Architects
Workshops
- The Gender Equality Duty - Lowri Griffiths, Equal Opportunities Commission
* The new Equality Bill will introduce a gender equality duty for all public authorities in Great Britain. This workshop will explore what the duty will mean for statutory and community sectors.
- Tackling Violence Against Women - Professor Liz Kelly, WNC Commissioner
* This workshop will present the Women's National Commission campaign for a coherent strategy to tackle violence against women.
- Play in urban environments - Dr Ute Navidi, Director, London Play
* This workshop will explore the importance of play in urban areas.
- Community Engagement - Helen Mott, Bristol Women's Forum
* A unique opportunity to explore effective community engagement - local people taking ownership and setting local priorities
- Women's Safety and Transport - Ann Frye, Head of the Mobility and Inclusion Unit, DfT
* This workshop will address issues of safety in the transport environment and will focus in particular on women's concerns around being safe and feeling safe through every part of a journey.
- Safety and Urban Design - Liz Kessler, EC1 New Deal for Communities
* Using examples of audits undertaken by MSP in the EC1 NDC area, this workshop will examine the role urban design can play in creating safe public spaces.
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