The Safe Women Project The Plan It Safe kit provides a comprehensive overview of a range of options and strategies to promote safer public places for women in your local area. This kit is for anyone who is interested in improving women's safety in public places whether they are town planners, police officers, local government officers, community workers, a local women's group or residents. It is both an educational and practical tool for community safety advocates.   Introduction Plan It Safe: A Guide for Making Public Places Safer for Women   Section 1 Plan It Safe: Women Talking about Safety In Public Places   Section 2 Plan It Safe: Community Safety and Women's Fear Of Crime   Section 3 Plan It Safe: Partners In Community Safety   Section 4 Plan It Safe: A Community Safety Forum   Section 5 Plan It Safe: From Wasteland To Heartland   Section 6 Plan It Safe: Raising The Issue Of Women's Safety In Your Community   Section 7 Plan It Safe: Contacts   To order a copy of the Guide to making public places safer for women, select this link. Acknowledgements This kit has been produced with the input and assistance from women and organisations who work to make public places safer for women. Special thanks to the women in the community who spoke to us about safety. Our thanks to the following Councils: Bankstown, Blacktown, Brisbane, Leichardt, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith, South Sydney, Waverley. And to the following people and organisations who provided materials and reviewed drafts: Australian Institute of Criminology, Marion Browne, Richard Campbell, Jilea Carney, CEIDA, City Rail, Nola Cooper, Councillor Alison McGarrity, Crime Prevention Division of the Attorney General's Department, Department for Women, Marilyn Hoey, Robyn Holder, Liverpool Community Safety Committee, Liverpool Health Service, Liverpool Women's Resources Centre Management, NSW Local Government Association, Snr Sergeant Phil McCamley, Nicole Asquith - Mary's Place, Metropolitan Action Committee on Public Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), Newcastle Legal Centre, NSW Police Service, Greg Nott, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Louise Redmond, Rosies Place, State Rail Authority, students from UTS Shop front, Transport Safety Bureau, UTS School of Town Planning, University of Western Sydney - Nepean, the WASH House.   Project Coordinator Amanda Hill Project Assistant Vicki Barton Safe Women Project Steering Committee Lidia Campilio Echo Chung Cath Edmundson Lisa Giacomelli Denny Hall Joan Harrison Rosemary Leonard Liz Reedy Vanessa Roberts Written and edited by Jenny White jwhite@giga.net.au (02) 9564 6096 Contributing writers Margaret Hickie Amanda Hill Rosemary Leonard Liz Reedy Susan Thompson Helen Westwood Local Councils section in Chapter 3 Partners in safety is from original papers of Helen Woodward and Susan Thompson Case Studies Mary Boson Editorial assistance Mary Boson Alison Gibbs Photographs Amanda Hill Fiora Sacco Art direction and design Wendy Farley (02) 4356 1278 Printed by Lakes Printers (02) 4353 1177 Published by Pluto Press Australia Locked Bag 199 Annandale order@plutoaustralia.com 02 9519 3299 February 1998 Copyright © The Safe Women Project Auspiced by Liverpool Women's Resource Centre Funded by the NSW Department of Women Web publication funded by the NSW Attorney General's Department, Crime Prevention Division ISBN 0 9585305 0 5

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