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Building Gender-Inclusive Infrastructure Strategies for Clim...
Climate change, extreme weather, and climate-driven migration strain infrastructure and worsen gender disparities, increasing vulnerabilities for women and girls. This blog from the Global Center on A...
Lifting Barriers to Gender-Responsive Infrastructure (2023)
This UN Environmental Program (UNEP) blog stresses how infrastructure development is more sustainable when gender is integrated in it – from planning and design to financing, construction and operatio...
Gender-Smart Infrastructure Improves Gender Equality in Sout...
The needs of women and girls are often ignored in infrastructure investments in low-income countries. In this blog, Guangzhe Chen, Vice President for Infrastructure at the World Bank, discusses how ge...
Progress On Household Drinking-Water, Sanitation and Hygiene...
In households without access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, the burden falls mostly on women and girls. This report from the WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water...
Power with Full Force: Getting to Gender Equality in the Hyd...
The hydropower sector needs a diverse talent pool to fulfill its role in the transition to low-carbon energy systems. This report by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program finds ...
Closing Gender Gaps in Transport (2023)
Transport services and infrastructure can enable or deter women’s economic empowerment. This World Bank policy note presents a framework to examine mobility barriers that disproportionately impact wom...
PPP Gender Toolkit (2023)
Well-designed Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can increase access to essential infrastructure and services. This toolkit provides practical tools and guidelines for developing gender-responsive PPP...
Gendering Practices and Policies in The South: Lessons for I...
Exploring the gendered nature of energy practices and policies, this paper examines intersectional differences in urban and rural areas marked by on-grid and off-grid infrastructure. It provides a det...
Investments in Childcare for Gender Equality in Asia and the...
Focusing on public childcare provision across 48 economies in Asia and the Pacific, this report provides an analysis of policy and institutional frameworks for childcare (ages 0-6 years old) and offer...
Transportation, Employment, and Gender Norms: Evidence from ...
This study presents a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the role of transportation infrastructure in shaping women's labor force participation in 12 Indian cities. It finds that while bo...
Childcare as Infrastructure (2023)
This podcast from the Inclusive Economics Development Lab at the Yale School of Management explores the idea of childcare as essential infrastructure. Listen to the conversation with Jessica Sager, Co...
Rethinking Infrastructure in a World Designed for Men (2020)
At this TEDx event Grete Faremo, former Executive Director of UNOPS, discusses how years of gender-biased design have limited opportunities and created lasting issues that significantly impact women. ...