How Would Cities Be Different if They Were Designed by Women? (Festival of the Future City)

Our panellists look at how cities would be different if we listened more to women.

Our public spaces are built for men. Women – as mothers, workers or carers – are rarely considered when it comes to city design and renewal. To make cities safer, more just and sustainable, with good public services and transport, means making cities more women-friendly (and they would be better for everyone, too).

How do we do this? What would a city designed by women look like? The panel includes: Jos Boys, architect, academic, educator, writer and founder member of the Matrix Feminist Design Co-Operative; Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World; and Katrine Marçal, author of Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men. Chaired by writer and commentator Sian Norris.