From girlhood to womanhood through public spaces
Who gets excluded from public space?
|21.10.2024
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For many girls, creating their own spaces and making their presence felt requires challenging existing power structures.
Public spaces may be designed with certain assumptions about who uses them, assumptions that can inadvertently marginalize girls.
As we transition from girlhood to womanhood, our interactions with public spaces reflect societal expectations and offer a chance to redefine our narratives.
Vlera Zymeri
Vlera Zymeri holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Prishtina. She is a U.S. Department of State scholar through the CCI Program, where she studied Mass Communication at College of DuPage.
This story was originally written in Albanian.