She Drives Change : A Toolkit for Redefining Opportunities for Women in Transport - Chapter 1 : The Case for Unlocking the Potential for Women in Transport

Overview & Synopsis

She Drives Change: A Toolkit for Redefining Opportunities for Women in Transport is a comprehensive resource designed to empower transport sector professionals and policy makers to address disparities in mobility, employment, and entrepreneurship between women and men within the transport sector. The objective of this toolkit is to provide users with a structured approach to identifying and addressing gaps between men and women in various transport subsectors, including urban transport, rural and peri-urban roads, rail, aviation, maritime transport, and economic corridors and logistics. The toolkit presents specific interventions and indicators tailored to each subsector. The toolkit draws primarily from the World Bank’s project experience and several other cases provided by other organizations. To enhance accessibility to the material, sector-specific interventions are detailed in separate chapters. This introductory chapter explains the rationale behind the inclusion of a woman’s perspective when designing transport operations, highlighting the benefits and necessity of such an approach. It provides a theoretical framework that conceptualizes the factors contributing to the disproportionate barriers faced by women and identifies entry points for interventions. The entire toolkit, including this chapter and the sector-related chapters, is available at She Drives Change: A Toolkit for Redefining Opportunities for Women in Transport.