An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies

Syllabus

• Week 1

  Why women’s mobility and transport needs must be met

  • Welcome and outline

    In Week 1, you’ll first understand that women’s mobility and transport needs differ from those of men. You’ll also discover how these needs differ, and why this matters.

  • Discover why gender matters in mobility and transport

    In this step we will discover that gender plays a significant role in how individuals experience the transport system. This is because women and men’s mobility and transport needs are not the same.

  • Investigate why transport systems have been designed around the mobility needs of men

    Here we explore how public transport usually operates on work-commuter timetables, thus catering for the travel patterns of people who work outside of the home.

  • Understand why meeting women’s needs leaves no-one behind

    Here we spend more time understanding how meeting everyone’s needs makes a better society for everyone, but that women and men place different emphasis on different needs.

  • Recap and test your knowledge

    Here we recap our discussion so far, and start to think about personal safety, which is the focus of Week 2.

• Week 2

  What are women's mobility patterns and needs?

  • Welcome and outline

    Travel patterns and mobility needs are not the same for everyone, and are different depending on gender, age, type of work, and many other factors in society.

  • Understand the mobility patterns of women, giving personal examples

    Here we’ll explore women’s travel patterns further, considering different life stages, socio-economic circumstances, geographies, and other factors. As we will discover, not all women have the same needs and challenges.

  • Recognise the link between trip purposes and travel patterns

    Women tend to have different trip purposes to men, which result in different travel patterns. Many of the differences are due to the constructed roles of men and women in society. Let’s explore this further.

  • Demonstrate the safety-related mobility needs of women using supporting data from your city or town

    Here we look at examples of what has been done around the world to make travel safer for women. You will have an opportunity to look at what your city has done in this regard.

  • Assess and share your own safety-related mobility needs

    Women almost always mention safety as one of their highest priorities on public transport and in public spaces.

• Week 3

  How to encourage more women to work in transport, and why this matters

  • Welcome and outline

    Gender stereotypes in certain jobs, discriminatory work cultures, lack of job flexibility and childcare facilities, among other things, make it difficult for the transport sector to attract and retain women.

  • Explain why we need more women in transport and mobility positions

    Here we talk to people working in the transport sector to understand why we need more women to work in this space.

  • View the current picture of women working in mobility and transport

    In this step we take a look at how few women work in the transport sector, and why we will all benefit when this changes.

  • Identify the barriers to women wanting to enter the transport sector

    Here we ask you why there are so few women working in the transport sector.

  • Apply your new knowledge to a local case study

    Here we put the week’s insights together to imagine how a project outcome could be different, if women had been part of the decision-making and implementation teams.

• Week 4

  When and where to collect data for gender-sensitive decision-making

  • Welcome and outline

    In this week we aim our lens at data and decision-making in the transport sector. We will look at the value of robust disaggregated data and participatory consultation within the decision-making process.

  • Describe the nature of gender-sensitive data

    In this step, we will discover what kinds of data are important to collect about how women travel, and gain some ideas about innovative ways of collecting and picturing the data.

  • Explain the process of collecting gender-sensitive data

    In this step we consider how knowledge about women’s mobility needs is created and made visible. We will look at typical as well as more innovative and participatory ways of collecting data.

  • Understand how to use gender-sensitive data for planning and implementation

    Here we look at the purpose of collecting gender-disaggregated data, and how better decisions can be made about infrastructure and implementation when this data is taken on board.

  • Apply your skills to facilitate change

    Congratulations – you have completed all four weeks about gender, mobility needs, and transport services. Let’s briefly summarise what we have covered on this programme.

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