About Kathryn Travers & Margaret Shaw & Kassandra McCleery

Kathryn Travers is Executive Director of Women in Cities International (WICI) and works as a global consultant on issues of gender, safety and urban development and governance. She promotes an intersectional approach to broaden the understanding of women’s safety and to explore new related issues like accessibility, essential services, and adolescence. Kathryn has led the development of new and innovative tools for capturing data about women’s and girls’ safety experiences in urban environments and has led training workshops in several countries. She has extensive experience in working with diverse populations in the global North and South. Margaret Shaw is a sociologist and criminologist working as an independent consultant, and formerly Director of Analysis and Exchange at the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) in Montréal, Canada. She worked as a research and policy advisor in the Home Office, England, and in Canada, at Concordia University, and as a Research Consultant to the federal, provincial, and municipal governments on issues including women’s imprisonment, evaluation, restorative justice, and policing. For UN-Habitat’s Safer Cities Programme, she worked on issues of youth at risk, and youth participation and urban governance. Kassandra McCleery holds a Master's degree in Urban Planning from McGill University. With a bachelor in International Relations and Diplomacy from Ohio State University, she approaches the challenges of urban development and governance from a global perspective. She has worked with Women and Cities International (WICI) in Montréal, Canada, and carried out a consultation for UN-Habitat’s “Safer Cities” program. Kassandra is especially interested in the intersection of climate change and gender in urban areas. Currently Kassandra is pursuing her planning career in Paris, France.

Making Cities Safer for Women and Girls, Part II

By |2023-12-19T14:49:09+01:00March 9th 2017|

The experiences of women and girls in cities, and their use of the city and its public spaces, are strongly impacted by their gender. Violence and the threat of violence is a pervasive problem that affects communities and cities everywhere. In their two-part contribution, our authors Kathryn Travers, Margaret Shaw, and Kassandra McCleery analyse the gendered realities of urban space and how to make it safer and inclusive for all urban citizens.

Making Cities Safer for Women and Girls, Part I

By |2023-12-19T14:49:27+01:00March 8th 2017|

The experiences of women and girls in cities, and their use of the city and its public spaces, are strongly impacted by their gender. Violence and the threat of violence is a pervasive problem that affects communities and cities everywhere. In their two-part contribution, our authors Kathryn Travers, Margaret Shaw, and Kassandra McCleery analyse the gendered realities of urban space and how to make it safer and inclusive for all urban citizens.

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