Submitted on 06/2026
Leslie Kern, PhD, is the author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. She was an associate professor of geography and environment and feminist and gender studies at Mount Allison University, Canada.
Leslie was a key speaker at the 2022 UK Walking Summit and led our COP26 event in Glasgow, looking at how women leaders are transforming street design. You can read her foreword from Walking for Everyone, where she discusses overcoming barriers to create more inclusive streets. She talked to us about urban design, climate change and what a feminist city actually looks.
Read the interview here: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/blog/what-does-a-feminist-city-look-like-in-conversation-with-leslie-kern/