ETWTR , PREM Gender and Development Group, the Transport Social Responsibility Thematic Group, SDV, and the SDN Gender Group hosted a Training Workshop on: Transport and Gender Thursday, March 22, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Room H1 -200 The workshop was part of the training program, which SDN is delivering as per its commitment to the implementation of the Gender Action Plan.Infrastructure is one of the key pillars of the new World Bank Gender Action Plan: gender equality as smart economics. The workshop specifically discussed how gender can be incorporated in World Bank transport projects and what can be done to scale-up the implementation of the Gender Action Plan. The objectives of this training workshop were: â–ª | to take stock of what has been accomplished since transport originally begun focusing on gender issues in 1996, | | â–ª | to share knowledge about lessons learned, | | â–ª | to inform staff about the tools available to scale up the gender agenda in transport and to implement the Bank's Gender Action Plan, and | | â–ª | to understand staff priority needs in order to move forward, and to exchange simple proposals on a way forward. |
  | Transport and Gender Thursday, March 22, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Room H1 -200 |  |  | 11:00 - 11:05 am | Opening remarks: Jamal Saghir, Director, ETW | | | 11:05 - 11:15 am | Presentation on the Gender Action Plan (PDF, 290 KB) Andrew Morrison, Lead Economist, PRMGE | | | 11:15 - 11:20 am | Q & A | | | 11:20 - 11:40 am | What has been accomplished for the past 8 years and lessons learned Transport and Gender: equity and economic empowerment(PDF, 1.8 MB) Peter Roberts, Lead Infrastructure Specialist, ETWTR The Gender and Transport Resource Guide (PDF, 126KB) George Banjo, Senior Transport Specialist, AFTTR Gender and Transport Resource Guide | | | 11:40 - 11:45 am | Q & A | | | 11:45 - 11:55 am | South Africa: Presentation on Gender and Transport to World Bank & Partners (PDF, 549 KB) Prof. Cheryl-Ann Potgieter, Director/Head, Gender & Development Unit, Human Sciences Research Council and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, South Africa with Renay Pillay | | | 11:55 - 12:00 pm | Q & A | | | 12:00 - 12:10 pm | Uganda: Gender mainstreaming in the Ministry of Works and Transport(PDF, 98 KB) Monicah Elizabeth Seruma, Senior Environment Officer - Social Assessment, Ministry of Works and Transport , Uganda | | | 12:10 - 12:15 pm | Q & A | | | 12:15 - 12:25 pm | Peru: Benefits from gender sensitive approach to rural roads (PDF, 334 KB) Maria Gutiérrez, Independent Consultant who is currently working as a consultant on Inclusion, Gender and Democracy for Provias Descentralizado | | | 12:25 - 12:30 pm | Q & A | | | 12:30 - 1:50 pm | Discussion: "Where do we go from here: what can we do to scale-up the implementation of the Gender Action Plan? " | | | 1:50 - 2:00 pm | Closing remarks/wrap up Dominique Lallement and Jacomina De Regt  | |
 Chair persons:  | Dominique Lallement, Consultant, FEU and Jacomina De Regt, Consultant, AFTPI |
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