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LWPF background:

The London Women and Planning Forum is an information network for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality issues. It aims to change and improve the position of women in relation to planning issues; to provide a productive opportunity to share experiences of problems and difficulties encountered by women in the field; and to promote feminist thinking in planning organisations and urban studies. The Forum meets three times throughout the year to discuss contemporary urban issues from a gender perspective.

LWPF was formerly based at the Women's Design Service and during the last five years the Forum has held regular forum events and debated a wide range of contemporary issues including urban regeneration, public surveillance systems, Unitary Development Plans, Best Value, town centre management, public and community art, community safety, women as planners, and planning education. These events have been written up in the Women's Design Service Broadsheet Series.

The move to Queen Mary hopes to create more of a dialogue between academics and practitioners working with the urban environment.

LWPF Steering Group