The Guardian view on urban insecurity: build a feminist city | Editorial

The design of our cities and towns must make women’s wellbeing and safety a priorityThe way our cities and towns look and work reflects political priorities. In mid-19th century Paris, when Baron Haussmann was seeking public money for building his boulevards, he told the government that wide, open avenues would make it harder to riot and build barricades. In an age of urban insurrections at the heart of the French capital, that quickly opened up the public purse.Following the killing of Sa