Building Capacity to Make Transport Work for Women and Men in Vietnam : Gender and Transport Challenges
Women and men use rural and urban transport for different purposes based on their socially determined roles and responsibilities. Poor rural transport systems limit access to markets, education, and health services for all, but even more so for wom...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16222380/building-capacity-make-transport-work-women-men-vietnam-gender-transport-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10065 |
| Summary: | Women and men use rural and urban
transport for different purposes based on their socially
determined roles and responsibilities. Poor rural transport
systems limit access to markets, education, and health
services for all, but even more so for women and girls.
Female mobility is often constrained by heavy domestic
work-loads and time spent traveling by foot, carrying heavy
loads over rough trails. Time poverty combines with cultural
restrictions to limit women's and girls' economic,
educational opportunities and participation in community
decision-making, particularly for ethnic minority women in
remote mountainous areas. Gender differences in mobility and
access are also affected by ability to pay for transport
services. Most women have more limited access to financial
and other resources, and inadequate voice in local level
transport priority setting than men. Gender and Transport
capacity building needs to be grounded in practical, on-the
ground country realities in the transport sector and draw on
the experience of transport specialists who have addressed
gender in their work or clearly understand the entry points.
Participatory gender and transport capacity building that
provides opportunities for applying what is learned to
transport problems is more effective than a lecture format. |
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