This case study captures the complex realities, institutional structures, and cultural forces that shape women’s safety in one of the world’s most influential cities. The case study is both a comparative analysis and an in-depth urban study: it explores New York City’s legal systems, public spaces, transportation networks, housing structures, and social institutions while examining how Western and non-Western approaches define, regulate, and respond to women’s safety. ​ From subway platforms and city streets to family courts, shelters, and community organizations, New York City becomes a living case study for understanding how modern societies attempt to address gender-based violence, public safety, and women’s mobility. The study places New York in conversation with Indigenous, Global South, and non-Western frameworks from South Asia, Latin America, Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East, revealing how different societies understand responsibility, protection, justice, and communal care. Through these comparisons, the book examines both the achievements and limitations of policing, criminal justice systems, urban design strategies, restorative justice, and community-based interventions. ​ Beyond institutional analysis, the book delves into rigorous interdisciplinary research on domestic violence, street harassment, public space, housing insecurity, intersectionality, and structural inequality. It examines how race, immigration status, poverty, gender norms, economic opportunity, healthcare access, and public policy shape women’s experiences of safety and vulnerability across urban environments. Drawing from feminist scholarship, sociology, criminology, anthropology, geography, and public health, the study illustrates how safety is not simply the absence of violence, but a socially constructed condition shaped by history, culture, and power. ​ Designed for scholars, students, policymakers, advocates, and readers interested in gender justice and urban studies, the book blends historical insight, comparative global analysis, and data-driven research into a comprehensive examination of women’s safety in the twenty-first century. Each chapter connects New York City’s institutions and lived realities with broader global conversations about violence, autonomy, public space, and human dignity. This is more than a case study, it is a comprehensive portrait of how societies construct safety, how women navigate systems organized around risk, and how communities around the world are reimagining what meaningful safety could look like.