Why mastering your environment is a new form of female empowerment Women today are leaders, innovators, and creators of the modern world. They build companies, raise families, run cities, work in high-skill professions, travel alone, and redefine what independence looks like. Yet one element has not fully caught up with this progress: their safety in public spaces. Across Europe’s major cities, women still face a daily landscape of uncertainty. The threats may differ from country to country, but the patterns are universal: • sexual harassment and assault • robberies and opportunistic targeting • being followed, observed, or cornered [...]