Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Girls

Safety for women and girls should never be an afterthought - let’s make it a foundation of how we plan our cities. Join the Women’s Housing Forum (WHF) for a free online webinar exploring how thoughtful planning and design can create safer, more inclusive places for women and girls.

We will be joined by Women in Planning, Future of London, and Marina Milosev - The Planner & RTPI’s 2024 Woman of Influence - who contributed to Creating Places that Work for Women and Girls. Together, our speakers will discuss why gender equality in planning matters and how this practical handbook can support professionals to design environments where women feel secure, confident, and able to thrive.

Event Details
Date: 16 April 2026
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: Free

Speakers: Charlotte Morphet • Marina Milosev • Tracey Downie • Robyn Prince • Sarah Yates • Kemi Ayodele.

Reserve your place today and help shape safer communities for women and girls.

Please complete this short form to register your interest in the webinar.

Celebrate women in housing and construction during this International Women’s Day

Join CIH and Women’s Housing Forum for this special webinar celebrating International Women’s Day during National Careers Week, where you will hear from women at various stages in their careers in housing and construction

Please find the recording here: Women in Housing and Construction

The Impact of Homelessness in Temporary Accommodation
on Women

Join Shelter and WHF for a Lunch and Learn session on 27th November, 12:30-1:30 pm. Discover how temporary accommodation affects women experiencing homelessness. Reserve your spot here.

The Impact of No Recourse to Public Funds

A CIH and Women’s Housing Forum webinar with speakers from The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM) and Hibiscus.

Date: 22 May 2024

Location: Microsoft teams

Time: 12:30 - 13:30

This webinar, run in partnership between the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Women’s Housing Forum, will focus on overcoming the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition to support migrant women to address their housing needs.

We will:

• Explain what NRPF means in practice and the impact it can have on women’s lives

• Consider the support options available and how to access them

• Hear from a support service user who will share her story of having NRPF and how this has affected her experience of the UK housing system.

Speakers

• Hannah Gurnham (external affairs manager) and Kate Fawcett (network development co-ordinator) at The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)

• Michaela Western, housing specialist project worker at Hibiscus charity

• A service user with lived experience

• Chair: Rachael Williamson, head of policy and external affairs at CIH.