Gender Equality in Infrastructure: Keynote Speech by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
The development effectiveness and sustainability of the infrastructure sector could increase significantly by taking into account how gender equality issues affect the infrastructure sectors and how infrastructure activities can assist both men and women. The World Bank Gender Action Plan targets women’s empowerment in the economic sectors, most importantly, infrastructure—energy, transport, and water and sanitation; agriculture; private sector development; and finance.
Infrastructure Sectors and Gender
Energy In many countries, women represent an unrealized potential asset for the development of the energy sector throughout the supply and demand chain.
Oil, Gas, and Mining: Extractive Industries and Gender Gender equality is a key factor in poverty reduction and sustainable development. In many EI communities, gender bias exists in the distribution of risks and benefits: the risks, such as environmental damage and social harm, fall more heavily on women, while the benefits, such as employment and compensation, accrue mostly to men.
Transport / Transport and GenderMaking transport policy sustainable requires paying attention to the mobility constraints and needs of both women and men.
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