Staff from several regions presented innovative approaches for  mainstreaming social and gender dimensions in transport programs such as: Strategy development in Africa transport; integrating gender issues into urban transport design in China through public participation; the impact of transportation access on girls’ and boy’s secondary school enrollment in Nepal; Peru Rural Roads - applying gender lessons in the third project; Combining GIS and participatory mapping in transport planning in Lesotho; gender and transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This roundtable learning event is part of SDN’s commitments towards the implementation of the World Bank Gender Action Plan 2006. Infrastructure is one of the key pillars of the Gender Action Plan: gender equality as smart economics. Research has shown that effective mainstreaming of social and gender dimensions in the design and monitoring can significantly increase the beneficial impact of transport program for women.

Jointly Organized by:

• The Transport Anchor
• PREM Gender and Development Group
• Social Development Department
• Sustainable Development Network Gender Group

• Disseminating and getting feedback on innovative approaches for mainstreaming social and gender dimensions into transport programs;
• Disseminating and getting feedback on available resources;
• Assessing strategic approaches for moving the Gender and Transport agenda forward.

• Critical Role of Infrastructure in the Gender Action Plan by Dominique M. Lallement, Consultant, SDN
• Integrating Gender Issues into Urban Transport Design through Public Participation in China by Christopher R. Bennett, Senior Transport Specialist, EASTE
• Mainstreaming Gender in the Yemen Rural Roads Project by Jerome Leyvigne, Transport Specialist, MENA/FPSIG
• Peru Second Rural Roads Project - Gender Mainstreaming Along the road by Walking Towards Women’s Empowerment and Democracy by Luz Caballero Consultant, LCSTR and Nerida Aucahuasi, Provias Descentralizado, Peru
• Bangladesh Women’s Economic Empowerment through Rural Transport and Markets by Nilufar Ahmad, Senior Social Scientist, SDV/SASSD
• Nepal: Rural Accessibility and Gender Differences in School Enrolment by Shyam KC, Consultant, ETWTR
• CDD and Transport: the Azerbaijan Experience by Satoshi Ishihara, Social Development Specialist, ECA
• The Gender and Transport Resource Guide by George Banjo, Senior Transport Specialist, AFTTR
• Potential Entry Points and Strategies for Mainstreaming Gender in Transport by Mari Clarke, Consultant, ETWTR, World Bank
  

Checklists:

• Macro/ National Level Check List
• Sector Policy Check List
• Mainstreaming Gender in the Transport Project Cycle
• Project Identification Check List
• Project Preparation and Design Check List
• Project Appraisal Check List
• Implementation and Supervision Check List
• Monitoring and Evaluation Check List