On 28 November 2023, city mayors from around the world gathered at the Fourth Global Meeting of Mayors on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in Quito, Ecuador, co-organised by UN Women and the City of Quito and supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.
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World Bank and UN Women Launch Course on Managing Gender Equality in Transportation
Open-access online program seeks to empower users to apply solutions to gender inequality and raise awareness.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 5 2021-A first-of-its-kind course presented by the World Bank and UN Women will examine the often-invisible gender issues surrounding mobility in the transport sector.
Barriers to transportation, and to jobs in the transport sector, mean diminished mobility and fewer opportunities for women. Limited access to jobs, healthcare and education is not only bad for women and girls, it also impacts whole countries. Gendered mobility barriers take a significant toll on countries’ economic growth potential. A 2017 report from the International Labour Organization identified lack of transport as the greatest challenge to female labor force participation in developing countries, lowering the probability of women participating in the labor force by an estimated 16.5 perc