Surviving the city. Feminist urbanism in the field of harm reduction

This project, aimed at cis women, lesbians, trans and other gender identities, substance consumers and users of said equipment, has as its objective to improve the health of women and other identities linked to harm reduction services, generating and sharing strategies for the use of public space and community resources in the environment, from the perspective of feminist urbanism.

In order to achieve this objective, a participatory diagnosis has been carried out of the urban environment where women and other identities develop their daily lives, both day and night, analysing their uses, the perceived security in the different spaces, as well as the extent to which these connoted spaces facilitate the development of the care and self-care necessary for their health processes.

Women users of four centres have participated in this diagnosis: CAS Lluís Companys, REDAN La Mina, the Reus Addiction and Mental Health Service, and CRD Robadors. The teams that support users from the social-health field have also been involved through theoretical-practical training that has contributed to the participatory diagnosis.