Safety Right Now! Safer Cities for girls!
Policy Recommendations for a Safer Poland: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Public Spaces
Do young women and girls feel safe in Polish cities? What do they need to be themselves in public spaces? These and other questions are answered in the Safer Cities for Girls Poland policy paper, which findings and recommendations will help create a safer Poland for everyone!
In cities around the world, girls, adolescents and young women in all of their diversity, experience on a daily basis various forms of gender-based violence, harassment, and insecurities. Plan International has been implementing programmes to promote urban safety for girls and adolescents for years.
At the global level, it is part of the Safer Cities for Girls programme together with UN-Habitat and UN Women, which is being implemented in nearly 80 cities and towns in over 20 countries around the world. This includes actions in 13 countries across Asia, Africa, South America and Europe led by Plan International. The Safer Cities for Girls programme aims to promote inclusive cities where girls and women in all of their diversity feel free and safe.
This policy paper presents the findings from a comprehensive desk review and key informant interviews, 10 safety walks conducted with girls and young women in Warsaw and Krakow and the recommendations to decision makers developed during two co-creation sessions bringing together diverse girls and young women and representative of NGOs, academia, and other public institutions working to address and prevent gender-based violence in Poland.
The Safer Cities for Girls Poland project was launched at the end of 2023 by Plan International Poland alongside the Juniper Foundation,1 to identify the safety concerns faced by diverse girls and young women in Poland. Focusing specifically on Warsaw and Krakow, the project seeks to examine the various experiences faced by girls and young women in public spaces, including those from marginalised groups such as from ethnic and cultural minorities, with different migration status including refugees, from the LGBTIQ+ community, people with disabilities and girls and young women of colour.
Using an active participatory methodology, this project has sought to hear directly from girls and young women both in terms of their security concerns and experiences while in public spaces, but also importantly their own priorities and recommendations on how to address these constant and widespread challenges.
Download our policy paper Safety Right Now! below!
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ENGLISH Safety Right Now! Policy Recommendations
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Categories: Campaigns, Protection from violence, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
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