I want #Edinburgh to be Scotland's next Feminist City 🏙️ But what does that mean? 🧵1/6
Feminist urban planning is the design that directly works to include women and those of marginalised genders.
It is the idea that feminism should be at the heart of city planning and infrastructure design. 🗓️ 2/6
In practice these designs could include:
Pavements kept well enough for everyone to walk or roll on 🚶♀️🧑🦽
Streets safe enough for everyone to travel through (at any time of day or night) 🌃
Amenities like toilets accessible for everyone to use 🚾 3/6
My motion to #Edinburgh Full Council next week calls for a feminist town planning approach and gendered lens to be considered when the Council review their guidance or introduce any new policies ✅ 4/6
Finally I want to say a thank you to the brilliant @cllrhollybruce for her work in Glasgow and for inspiring me (in many areas) but especially with this work on Feminist urban spaces 💚✨
Fingers crossed this all goes through - the work starts now! 6/6
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🧵 I had my first day in #Edinburgh City Chambers today as a councillor. Let’s talk about access ♿️👇🏻
(There are the barriers of getting into politics, getting into campaigning, getting elected.. but that is for another day! (Should I make a video or blog? let me know! 🎥) )
I had to get two buses and roll 15 mins to the City Chambers today over SO many cobblestones which is quite a difficulty as a wheelchair user with pain issues ✊🏼