Running as a tool for advocacy highlighting urban areas where design, lighting, or safety measures fail to support inclusive mobility.
Chnaging policies and planning include gender-sensitive design: safe sidewalks, well-lit paths, public toilets, and inclusive sports facilities.
Running may seem like a simple, individual activity but in the city, it’s also political. Who runs, where they run, and how they feel while running reveals a lot about power, access, and gendered inequalities in public space.
The right to occupy space freely, visibly, and on one’s own terms.
It challenges stereotypes about women’s bodies, movement, and “acceptable” behavior in public.
It makes visible the barriers to mobility unsafe routes, poor lighting, catcalling, or lack of facilities that disproportionately affect women and marginalized groups.