local development and globalization

Others…

Where I live…

drunks...and a lot unsaid…

sex shops, strip joints, ‘massage’ places

Bars, restaurants, barbers, salons...

who are the others?

“The existence of prostitutes and their customers in a particular area has the effect of making it more difficult for all women to use that space, especially when prostitution occurs in a residential area. The atmosphere in a red-light district enables–even encourages–men to assert power through harassment. Women are transformed into representations of sexuality, availability and commodity (Rendell,2001). Hence, street prostitution and sexual harassment as its side effect essentially define women’s spatial experience in these zones.”Koskela 2005

Urban living room…

Intervention

gender

inclusion

design

safety

casestudies??

global…

immigration

gender

eu

design

safety

policy

ReferencesHolli, A.M. (2000). The Fall Of Innocence And The Rise Of A New Prohibitionism. Prostitution, Policies And Women's Policy Machinery In Finland. Available: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ECPR/events/jointsessions/paperarchive/copenhagen/ws12/holli.PDF. Last accessed 02 March 2010.

Koskela, H. and Tani, S.. (2005). bSold out!Q Women’s practices of resistance against prostitution related sexual harassment. Women’s Studies International Forum . 28 (0), 418– 429.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. (2006). Striving for Gender Equality in Finland. Available: http://www.stm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=39503&name=DLFE-6733.pdf. Last accessed 2 March 2010.

Tani, S.. (2002). Whose Place is this Space? Life in the Street Prostitution Area of Helsinki, Finland. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 26.2 (0), 343–59.