Mainstreaming Gender in Road Transport : Operational Guidance for World Bank Staff

The paper aims to provide guidance for both transport and gender specialists on how to mainstream gender-related considerations into road transport projects to improve development effectiveness, sustainability and to reduce gender inequality. The paper draws attention to the most basic ways in which gender affects and is affected by transport policies and projects and provides practical approaches to address gender-related problems in road transport projects. Women and men have different travel and transport needs due to their different social and economic roles and activities. Women also face different constraints than men in accessing, using and paying for transport services. Transport can play a significant role in ameliorating or exacerbating the life conditions of women, particularly when poor and living in developing countries, depending on the extent to which gender differences are taken into account. The paper provides examples of entry points for mainstreaming gender into various road project contexts in urban, rural areas, highlighting documented good practices in this area. The paper identifies opportunities where women can play a role in the planning and implementation of road transport operations, particularly through participatory approaches and labor-based road construction. Included is an innovative table that presents examples of data and indicators to be collected for creating a baseline and for measuring results at the project level.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABLE FARES, ARTERIAL ROADS, AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME, BICYCLE PATHS, BICYCLES, BIKE PARKING, BIKEWAYS, BOTTLENECKS, BUS, BUS DRIVERS, BUS SERVICES, BUS STOPS, BUS TRANSPORT, BUS USERS, BUSES, BUSWAYS, CAR, CARRIAGES, COMMUTE TRIPS, COMMUTING, CONSTRUCTION METHODS, COSTS OF ROADS, CROSSINGS, CULVERTS, CYCLIST, DOMESTIC TRAVEL, DRAINAGE, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EMBANKMENTS, EROSION, ESCALATORS, FARES, FEEDER ROADS, FOOTBRIDGES, FOOTPATHS, FRAMEWORK, FUEL, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER POLICY, GRAVEL, HIGH TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS, HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL, HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY, IMT, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT, JOURNEY, JOURNEYS, LANDSCAPING, LANES, LIGHT RAIL, LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, LOADING, LOCAL TRANSPORT, LONG-DISTANCE, MASS TRANSIT, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS, MOBILITY PROBLEMS, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, MODE OF TRAVEL, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MOPEDS, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED ROAD USERS, MOTORIZED TRANSPORT, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKING FACILITIES, PASSENGER, PEAK HOURS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, PEDESTRIANS, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POTHOLES, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, RAIL CARS, RAILWAY, RESETTLEMENT, RIDERS, ROAD, ROAD BOARDS, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD FACILITIES, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENTS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD PAVEMENT, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR, ROAD USER, ROAD USERS, ROADWAYS, ROADWORKS, ROUTES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL ACCESSIBILITY, RURAL HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL · TRAVEL, RUSH HOUR, SAFETY, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SECONDARY ROADS, SHARING, SIDEWALK WIDTH, SIDEWALKS, SIGNAGE, SIGNS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPEED, SPEED BUMPS, SPREADING, STREET LIGHTING, STREET LIGHTS, STREET PAVING, STREETS, STRUCTURES, SUBWAY, SUBWAY CARS, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TAXIS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC SIGNAGE, TRAILS, TRAIN CARS, TRAINS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT STATIONS, TRANSIT STOPS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT ACCESS, TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES, TRANSPORT CHOICES, TRANSPORT CONDITIONS, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICIES, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, TRANSPORT SAFETY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT USERS, TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRAVEL ACTIVITY, TRAVEL BEHAVIOR, TRAVEL BEHAVIORS, TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TRAVEL PATTERNS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRAVEL TO WORK, TRIP, TRIP MAKING, TRIP PURPOSE, TRIP PURPOSES, TRIPS, TRUCK DRIVERS, TRUE, UNDERPASSES, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRANSPORT, VEHICLE, VEHICLE DRIVERS, VEHICLE USERS, VEHICLES, WALKERS, WALKING, WALKING CONDITIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12840716/mainstreaming-gender-road-transport-operational-guidance-world-bank-staff http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17455
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