The report examines the many barriers women and girls face when trying to access basic services and economic opportunities. Considering the long life of infrastructure, it highlights the dangers and missed opportunities in not incorporating gender considerations throughout the life cycle of infrastructure, potentially locking in gender inequalities from gender-blind infrastructure design that last for decades. To ensure that infrastructure development supports equal access to services – under ordinary circumstances and times of crises, such as COVID-19 – the report argues that a gender mainstreaming approach must be incorporated throughout the infrastructure lifecycle and, most critically, during the design stage.
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Infrastructure for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (2020)
The report examines the many barriers women and girls face when trying to access basic services and economic opportunities. Considering the long life of infrastructure, it highlights the dangers and missed opportunities in not incorporating gender considerations throughout the life cycle of infrastructure, potentially locking in gender inequalities from gender-blind infrastructure design that last for decades. To ensure that infrastructure development supports equal access to services – under ordinary circumstances and times of crises, such as COVID-19 – the report argues that a gender mainstreaming approach must be incorporated throughout the infrastructure lifecycle and, most critically, during the design stage.