Publication: India - Toolkit for Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces
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2022
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2022
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World Bank
Abstract
Cities are engines of growth,
job-creation, and innovations. Cities are economic
powerhouses and innovation hubs with large markets that can
attract investments, knowledge, skilled personnel and lead
to innovations thereby generating economic opportunities.
Globally, lack of consideration for diverse population needs
in urban planning and design has constrained women’s access
to socioeconomic opportunities. Historically, cities across
the world have been designed to fit the needs of able-bodied
men rather than that of women, girls, sexual and gender
minorities, and people with disabilities (PWDs). Indian
cities need gender-responsive urban mobility and public
spaces so that benefits of city-led economic growth can be
more equitably distributed. This toolkit is intended to
bridge the knowledge gaps between policy making and program
implementation for gender-responsive urban mobility and
public space in India. While central and state governments
are committed to the goals of gender equality and women’s
empowerment, they often need more practical tools and
knowledge of how to translate their intentions into actions
and to formulate programs to meet such policy objectives.
This toolkit is intended to be a practice guide towards
introducing gender equality and women’s empowerment
principles in designing urban mobility systems and public
spaces so that they mitigate rather than reinforce gender
inequalities. The toolkit is divided into two volumes, with
the first volume focused on high level guidance for
policymakers, while the second provides a ‘How-to’ guide
including practical tools for implementing agencies.
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“World Bank. 2022. India - Toolkit for Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38199 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”