Planning with care: Violence prevention policy at the intersection of invisibilities

Abstract

Violence against women has long occupied public/private debates in planning scholarship. Ignoring violence in private space makes women invisible, which along with spatial disadvantage, can marginalise them further. Care ethics is increasingly influencing global political action through a capabilities approach, and can potentially address this invisibility through its translation to social or housing policy. In this article, we develop a care ethics framework, and apply it to two planning case studies using a gendered violence prevention lens: the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the State of Victoria's Homes for Victorians housing strategy. Using a three-fold analy..