Julie Babinard
Transport Notes Series
TRN-43
September 2011
Between 2008 and 2010 the transport sector initiated several country surveys to measure road transport needs and the constraints of both men and women, and more specifically how transport is facilitating or constraining access to resources, markets, and employment. These surveys were conducted as part of a lending operation or Economic Sector Work (ESW) with financial support from the Gender Action Plan (GAP), which seeks to advance women’s economic empowerment and accelerate the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal 3 (MDG3—promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment).
A report that reviews the methodology used for each country GAP-funded survey, the design and content of the questionnaires and the likely effect on the analysis shows that women tend to have access to a wider range of social and economic opportunities when transportation is available, safe and secure.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Community-Based Routine Maintenance of Roads by Women's Groups: Guide for Communications Bureaus
Asian Development Bank
July 2011
This guide describes how to implement a system of community-based rural road maintenance involving groups of women, specifically in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
It was written as part of a pilot project supported by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund of the Asian Development Bank. This pilot project aims to show that women can effectively participate in the maintenance of rural roads, resulting in improved road conditions and better access for those who rely on roads, and in creating employment opportunities and incomes for women. It also serves to identify specific issues in the participation of women in rural road maintenance, while defining solutions that facilitate their involvement.
This guide is complemented by a manual that was developed under the same Gender and Development Cooperation Fund pilot project.
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July 2011
This guide describes how to implement a system of community-based rural road maintenance involving groups of women, specifically in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
It was written as part of a pilot project supported by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund of the Asian Development Bank. This pilot project aims to show that women can effectively participate in the maintenance of rural roads, resulting in improved road conditions and better access for those who rely on roads, and in creating employment opportunities and incomes for women. It also serves to identify specific issues in the participation of women in rural road maintenance, while defining solutions that facilitate their involvement.
This guide is complemented by a manual that was developed under the same Gender and Development Cooperation Fund pilot project.
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Community-Based Routine Maintenance of Roads by Women's Groups: Manual for Maintenance Groups
Asian Development Bank
July 2011
This manual is aimed at women's maintenance groups responsible for the routine maintenance of rural roads (including earthen, gravel, and stone-paved roads). It details the different activities to be carried out by the maintenance groups to keep the road in good condition by preventing damage and carrying out minor repairs. It explains the planning and organization of the work, as well as how county communications bureaus responsible for these roads contract the groups.
This manual was written as part of a pilot project supported by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This pilot project aims to show that women can effectively participate in the maintenance of rural roads, resulting in improved road conditions and better access for those that rely on roads, and to create employment opportunities and incomes for the women themselves. It also identifies specific issues regarding the participation of women in rural road maintenance, defining solutions for facilitating their participation. These solutions are to be incorporated in a project on rural road maintenance in Dehong Prefecture to be financed by ADB.
This manual is complemented by a guide that was developed under the same Gender and Development Cooperation Fund pilot project.
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July 2011
This manual is aimed at women's maintenance groups responsible for the routine maintenance of rural roads (including earthen, gravel, and stone-paved roads). It details the different activities to be carried out by the maintenance groups to keep the road in good condition by preventing damage and carrying out minor repairs. It explains the planning and organization of the work, as well as how county communications bureaus responsible for these roads contract the groups.
This manual was written as part of a pilot project supported by the Gender and Development Cooperation Fund of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This pilot project aims to show that women can effectively participate in the maintenance of rural roads, resulting in improved road conditions and better access for those that rely on roads, and to create employment opportunities and incomes for the women themselves. It also identifies specific issues regarding the participation of women in rural road maintenance, defining solutions for facilitating their participation. These solutions are to be incorporated in a project on rural road maintenance in Dehong Prefecture to be financed by ADB.
This manual is complemented by a guide that was developed under the same Gender and Development Cooperation Fund pilot project.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Boletin Interamericano de Puertos Nº 36 Junio 2011
Comisión Interamericana de Puertos
Junio 2011
1. Inauguran Puerto de regasificación (Argentina)
2. Parque Industrial y Portuario del Caribe
3. Se realiza con éxito Primer Curso sobre Protección de Instalaciones
Portuarias (Chile)
4. Plan Maestro Portuario para Puerto Moin (Costa Rica)
5. Cruceros en Cartagena, US $40 millones en ganancias (Colombia).
6. Puerto de Mejillones mayor operador mundial de ácido sulfúrico (Chile)
7. Puerto de Manta con nueva Plataforma Logística (Ecuador)
8. Corredor interoceánico (Guatemala)
9. Puerto Coronel impulsa el trabajo femenino
10. Empresa Nacional Portuaria aumenta sus ingresos (Honduras)
11. Crean Consejo Marítimo Portuario en México
12. Puerto Multimodal en Barú (Panamá)
13. Nuevo Terminal Portuario en Yurimaguas (Perú)
14. Uruguay – Brasil – Argentina celebran Alianza Estratégica
15. Actividades Portuarias
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Junio 2011
1. Inauguran Puerto de regasificación (Argentina)
2. Parque Industrial y Portuario del Caribe
3. Se realiza con éxito Primer Curso sobre Protección de Instalaciones
Portuarias (Chile)
4. Plan Maestro Portuario para Puerto Moin (Costa Rica)
5. Cruceros en Cartagena, US $40 millones en ganancias (Colombia).
6. Puerto de Mejillones mayor operador mundial de ácido sulfúrico (Chile)
7. Puerto de Manta con nueva Plataforma Logística (Ecuador)
8. Corredor interoceánico (Guatemala)
9. Puerto Coronel impulsa el trabajo femenino
10. Empresa Nacional Portuaria aumenta sus ingresos (Honduras)
11. Crean Consejo Marítimo Portuario en México
12. Puerto Multimodal en Barú (Panamá)
13. Nuevo Terminal Portuario en Yurimaguas (Perú)
14. Uruguay – Brasil – Argentina celebran Alianza Estratégica
15. Actividades Portuarias
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Gender and transport
Chantal Duchene
International Transport Forum
Discussion Paper Nº 2011 - 11
April 2011
This document was produced as background for the 2011 International Transport Forum, on 25-27 May in Leipzig, Germany, on Transport for Society.
While greater account is increasingly being taken of gender in a variety of areas, little progress has been made in this respect in the transport sector. In both developed and developing countries, our societies are gendered in that women and men play different roles, notably because household chores and children are mainly the preserve of women, which reduces the time they have available for activities for which they are responsible and for the trips they need to make in order to perform these activities.
Development, employment and even health policies must take account of the issue of travel. And to do this successfully, it is essential to seek ways in which to incorporate the issue of gender into policies relating to mobility and transport.
At present, it is no longer women’s non-governmental organisations that stress this point, but the community as a whole. It is for this reasons that this theme is now being examined in greater depth by the International Transport Forum which commissioned this report.
The report begins with an overview of the situation, and then presents good practices and a set of recommendations. It addresses both developed and developing countries, urban and rural areas, and infrastructure and services.
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International Transport Forum
Discussion Paper Nº 2011 - 11
April 2011
This document was produced as background for the 2011 International Transport Forum, on 25-27 May in Leipzig, Germany, on Transport for Society.
While greater account is increasingly being taken of gender in a variety of areas, little progress has been made in this respect in the transport sector. In both developed and developing countries, our societies are gendered in that women and men play different roles, notably because household chores and children are mainly the preserve of women, which reduces the time they have available for activities for which they are responsible and for the trips they need to make in order to perform these activities.
Development, employment and even health policies must take account of the issue of travel. And to do this successfully, it is essential to seek ways in which to incorporate the issue of gender into policies relating to mobility and transport.
At present, it is no longer women’s non-governmental organisations that stress this point, but the community as a whole. It is for this reasons that this theme is now being examined in greater depth by the International Transport Forum which commissioned this report.
The report begins with an overview of the situation, and then presents good practices and a set of recommendations. It addresses both developed and developing countries, urban and rural areas, and infrastructure and services.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
SEACAP experience in transport research in the GMS with lessons for new initiatives on gender and transport
Conference Paper
Prepared for the Regional research design workshop for gender, poverty and mobility analysis of road transportation development in GMS. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), 1-3 April 2009.
SEACAP
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Prepared for the Regional research design workshop for gender, poverty and mobility analysis of road transportation development in GMS. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), 1-3 April 2009.
SEACAP
All effective development, including infrastructure, involves the need for a recognition and harmonization of technical, social, economic, environmental and political goals. In the transport sector it is now becoming increasingly important that there is closer collaboration between all of the key disciplines. The development of better rural access and transport should lead to important benefits shared by rural people. In general terms these benefits are poverty reduction, job creation and access to socio-economic opportunities. Rural people should also benefit from involvement in the construction and the maintenance of the rural transport infrastructure. However, not all benefits are currently equally realized by women and men. The South East Asia Community Access Programme (SEACAP) is an initiative addressing problems of rural access and transport sustainability. It does this by developing a multi-disciplinary knowledge base for good decision making through carrying out projects of applied research into practice. This paper describes the SEACAP approach, project outputs that have a gender dimension, and it makes recommendations for further research into advancing gender equity in rural access and transport.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Asian Development Bank Technical Note: Social Analysis for Transport Projects
Asian Development Bank
2008
This Technical Note on Social Analysis for Transport Projects is the first of a series on social analysis to help staff and practitioners prepare and implement social analysis for different types of projects. It provides practical guidance to address social dimensions such as participation, gender, social safeguards, and other social risks and vulnerabilities in transport projects, as well as offer options to go beyond the technical parameters, and add social value customized in this type of projects. This technical note complements the Handbook on Social Analysis, which provides general guidance on incorporating social dimensions in ADB's operations.
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2008
This Technical Note on Social Analysis for Transport Projects is the first of a series on social analysis to help staff and practitioners prepare and implement social analysis for different types of projects. It provides practical guidance to address social dimensions such as participation, gender, social safeguards, and other social risks and vulnerabilities in transport projects, as well as offer options to go beyond the technical parameters, and add social value customized in this type of projects. This technical note complements the Handbook on Social Analysis, which provides general guidance on incorporating social dimensions in ADB's operations.
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