Gender & Transports / Infrastructures

A Blog on Gender and Transports/Infrastructures aimed at sharing useful material for mainstreaming gender in these sectors.

We encourage all members to post relevant documents and material on this issue.

European Parliament  - The Role of women in the Green Economy: The issue of Mobility (2012)

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=73851

A new study highlights the characteristics of gender differences in mobility patterns and presents an overview of how transport policies support women’s mobility needs.

“Gender is a significant factor in accounting for differences in mobility and travel behaviour. Women are also recognised as being more likely than men to adopt sustainable travel behaviours. Furthermore, for women mobility appears to be related to empowerment, access to opportunities and independence. Recognition of the links existing between gender, mobility and sustainable development has, however, only recently begun to emerge in the gender and mobility literature and in transport planning.”

UN HABITAT  - Gender and Sustainable Urban Mobility (2011)

http://www.unhabitat.org/grhs/2013

“Women’s travel patterns are different from men’s, and these differences are characterized by deep and persistent inequalities. Within any given urban setting, women have inferior access to both private and public means of transport while at the same time assuming a higher share of their household’s travel burden and making more trips associated with reproductive and caretaking responsibilities”