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Making Cities Safe For Women By Design

Women in Indian cities navigate a daily obstacle course — poorly lit streets, crowded buses with no women's sections, footpaths that disappear, public spaces designed without them in mind. Urban Voices asks what it would look like to design safety in from the start rather than bolt it on after the fact.

Jasmine Singh Jasmine Singh
4 min read