Publications

This document provides a step-by-step guide and set of tools to design and implement a programme to provide caregivers with the skills, experiences, and confidence necessary to cycle for transportation. This guide and toolkit is designed to be used by governments, civil society organisations, and individuals looking to enable caregivers…

Of the 4 billion people living in urban areas today, nearly a third are children. A large portion of the adult population takes on a role as a primary caregiver for a child, at some point in their life. Care activities, such as escorting children to school, to the doctor,…

This report was prepared by the Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) Gender Working Group. The document provides an insight into the challenges and opportunities women face when working in the transport sector. It is grounded in a review of published literature and primary data collection among a sample of men…

Discover our six principles for bridging the gender data gap in transport! Along with testing innovative methods for gender-responsive data collection in practice, we have compiled our knowledge of best practice in this visually appealing poster. You can download it below and spread the word. For more on bridging the…

Even where infrastructure is developed, its operation often does not address women’s needs. Evidence shows that inadequate transport facilities, including its frequency, scope and safety, reduces women’s labour market participation more than men’s. There is an urgent need to close the gender data gap to ensure that transportation planning, design,…

Patriarchy places the burden of care primarily upon women. This includes the care of vulnerable and excluded groups like children, elderly and people with disabilities. It is therefore important to acknowledge the care economy when we speak of “inclusive” cities. Otherwise, inclusion is stripped of social and political implications. Whilst…

To move towards a just transition to low carbon transport systems, gender equality is needed.  This document publish by the International Transport Forum and the Fia Foundation strenghten awareness on the importance of gender equality, transport, and climate change nexus and provides key principles with specific actions that cities and companies…

This publication is the result of a 2-year project on gender and mobility by LIFE Education Equality Sustainability. The brochure showcases good practice projects on gender-just mobility which have been selected by a jury of gender and mobility experts. The good practice approaches presented here speak for themselves. The mobility…

To realize the positive intersection of feminism and the 15-minute city, concrete and inclusive land-use and mobility policies are necessary. Take a look at our latest publication by Women Mobilize Women ambassador Melissa Bruntlett.

Women face different challenges when it comes to mobility, whether it is inlcusion, safety, accessibility or entering the workforce in the transport sector. How to cater the needs of women in transport? Check out our 5 Principles to Empower Women in Transport POSTER! You want 1 of the Principles highlighted…

Meet the Remarkable Women Electrifying Mobility 2022! We are celebrating the successes and accomplishments of these women who have been working hard to transform transportation. This publication serves to honor them and their work toward decarbonizing transport through e-mobility and support their mentorship of the next women leaders.

More than a billion children live in cities – and yet most of these cities have not been designed to meet the needs of babies, toddlers, and their caregivers, and mobility systems have not been planned with their travel characteristics in mind. This negatively affects the children’s physical, mental, and…

Take a look at all of the illustrations regarding women in the field of mobility that were presented at the TUMI 5 year anniversary event here . All illustrations intend to capture the different challenges women face in mobility, while highlighting the importance of women in leadership within the transport…

In developing cities, women’s accessibility to daily mobility is lower than that of their male counterparts. Yet these gender-based inequalities can be seen to slow down the dynamics of development and poverty reduction. Therefore, this publication aims to provide information on the determinants of women’s lesser accessibility in order to…

To decarbonise transport and democratise the right to safe mobility, our transport systems must be inclusive and sustainable. This paper discusses four key structural factors that create gender disparities in transport systems and must be addressed to decarbonise transport in a just and inclusive way: access to economic resources and…

Men dominate the transport sector, whether is trains, cars, or planes. In Europe less than a third of people employed in the transport sector are women. The way women and men move around society also differs significantly. Are our mobility systems biased towards men’s travel needs and patterns? Ramboll Smart…

This study aims to provide suggestions to the State Transport Department towards making transportation systems inclusive and safer. Qualitative and quantitative data to understand issues and priorities of women towards safer transportation systems were collected through various tools. Issues were identified through the assessment of initiatives taken by the State…

Use, enjoyment and transit in the world’s cities is unique for women. On a daily basis, women experience multiple expressions of violence in urban public spaces. According to nighttime safety measurements for women taken by the District Secretariat for Women in Bogota, these expressions of violence do not allow them…

The inclusion of women in the transportation sector is an economic imperative that’s critical to the sector’s growth and long-term sustainability. However, due to a systemic lack of awareness and exposure to career pathways, women continue to be underrepresented in transportation occupations. Thank you to our TUMI Partners who worked…

This publication written by  Isabel Granada, Anne-Marie Urban, Andrea Monje Silva, Paola Ortiz, Daniel Pérez, Laureen Montez and Alejandra Caldo was published by the Inter-American Development Bank for Transport Week 2015 and explores why the aspect of gender is imortant in transport. It explains what challenges women have to face…

The 19 contributions in this compendium highlight how better transport connections improve access to opportunities for women and girls. Easy physical access to schools and universities, to workplaces, health services and other opportunities is a powerful force for social inclusion and economic development. The authors present challenges and shortcomings of…

Gender is one of the key socio-demographic variables that can influence travel behaviour, but it is often the least understood. Understanding travel behaviour by gender will help better design transport policies that are efficient and equitable. Due to the gendered division of work in households, women often have multiple tasks…

This compendium assembles voices from the transport sector on the critical issue of safety for women in public transport and transport more generally. Surveys show that most women who use public transport feel exposed to physical or verbal aggression, sexual harassment and other forms of violence or unwelcome behavior, leading…

Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge. When women – who account for half the world’s working-age population – do not achieve their full economic potential, regional economic development suffers. Providing safe and equitable access to education and employment is…

This document gives an account of the process of construction of the Gender Equity Policy in Transport, the main problems in the matter, its link with the mission and institutional vision, as well as its objectives and lines of action, pointing not only to equal opportunities, but also mainly to…

In the field of gender planning, Vienna is accorded a top position at the European level with regard to both the conceptual depth and thematic width of its activities. This is also evidenced by the great international interest in the experience “made in Vienna”. The present manual constitutes a valuable…

This paper describes Transport for London’s (TfL’s) vision and policy on equality and inclusion from 2016-20. It builds on the latest research of the TfL and is a result of significant engagement the transport authority has undertaken with colleagues and a wide range of interest groups. Action on Equality extends…

The purpose of the tool kit is to assist staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and government partner executing agencies to conceptualize and design gender-responsive projects in the transport sector. ADB’s Policy on Gender and Development adapts gender mainstreaming across all sectors to promote and support gender…

The issues at stake in enhancing women’s mobility and making transport more gender neutral are addressed in this publication. Many of these issues have been extensively researched, but still receive limited attention in developing gender-specific policies, programmes, and mandates. Methods to translate gender research findings into policy need to be…

Safe and sustainable mobility is a vital part of empowering women, and plays an important role in achieving wider social and economic development. The report explores the implications of inadequate personal security on public transport, and reviews a large number of published international papers, reports and news articles, to scope…

The Ella Se Mueve Segura study, funded by FIA Foundation and CAF – Latin American Development Bank, explores women’s personal security on public transport in three cities; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile.

This paper outlines the broad issues faced by women and girls when using or accessing urban transport, and recommends key measures to enable equitable access. The brief recommends gender responsive indicators, service level benchmarks and guidelines for comprehensive/green mobility plans as well as walking, cycling, public and intermediate public transport.…

Women and children face greater challenges in accessing work, educational, and leisure opportunities offered in the cities. To shed light on this issue and formulate gender-sensitive indicators, ITDP Brazil focused on Recife, the capital of Pernambuco State, in northeastern Brazil, to develop Women and Children’s Access to the City. This…

The third SUTP iNUA implementation guide focuses on gender as a cross-cutting issue that has to be considered in transport planning. The paper outlines the differences in needs and mobility patterns between women and men, and it offers concrete tools to include gender in an integrated transport planning for policy-makers,…

This Sourcebook gives an overview of the rationale of gender responsive urban transport. Get insights about the key issues to tackle: such as the support of women’s participation in decision-making, the improvement in accessibility, safety and comfort of transport modes and the planning of transport services in response to gender…

The C40 Inclusive Climate Action programme is designed to help ensure that responses to climate change are fair, that benefits are distributed equitably, and that climate action developed in cities is inclusive of, and accountable to, the diversity of urban populations. It is inspired by mayors and cutting-edge urban practice…

The Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory’s gender team by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has developed a series of briefs focusing on gender & empowerment in different sectors. The brief on gender equity in transportation helps understanding the differentiated ways women and men benefit from, contribute to, and experience modes of transport.…

The Wheels of Change are a randomized control trial conducted by Innovations for Poverty Action assessing the effectiveness of bicycles on girls’ education and empowerment in rural Zambia, with implications for scaling to reach millions of students across the developing regions of the world. Bicycles are a cost effective and scalable…

As part of an intersectoral and multilevel strategy to strengthen the security of users in all modalities of the ground transportation service of people in the national territory,  the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) developed this baseline study on gender and urban transport in Lima and Callao.  Emphasis has…

The publication by INCLUSION presents recommendations on how to make mobility more inclusive, accessible and fair. Furthermore, it evaluates experiences, lessons learned, and viable business models, in order to improve the social dimension of sustainable transport. Find out more on the website of INCLUSION.

The report by the Flone Initiatve elaborates on the impact of COVID-19 on women professionals in the Kenyan public transport sector, presents the mitigation strategies and makes recommendations for policymakers and other stakeholders to ensure sustainable public transportation systems during COVID-19. For more information, please see the Flone Initiative Website.

The Urban Catalysts with Centre for Catalyzing Change have published Safer Streets, Safer Cities street design guidelines mainstreaming women’s access and mobility. The publication provides guidance on street network, elements, process and the constitution of street design cells. In addition to infrastructure standards, guidance is provided on information, awareness and…

Women represent around half the world’s adult population, yet the evidence base used to make most decisions about transport do not take their needs into account in a systematic way. The FIA Foundation commissioned this report to understand how gender is considered in transport data collection and ways to improve…

“In 2018, females represented less than 20% of the global transport workforce.” The International Transport Forum published this discussion paper to draw attention to the current gender gaps within the transport workforce and demonstrate the benefits of increased female participation in the transport sector. It focusses on the different barriers…

To make the daily work of women who transform urban mobility more visible, we are proud to present the first TUMI “Remarkable Women in Transport” Publication, presenting highly qualified women transport experts. The publication is available for download here.

After receiving such positive feedback last year, we feel delighted and honoured to publish the 2nd edition of Remarkable Women in Transport on International Women’s Day, March 8th 2020! This publication showcases the diversity of more than 50 female change makers in transport. As visibility is key to change mindsets,…