Gender, Equity and Transport in . . . Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada. . .

Gender, Equity and Transport Forum 2.0

Who  do  you  know  who  is giving these critical challenges of gender, equity and transport their consistent attention, place after place, year after year and measure after measure in  . . . Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the  Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon,  Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United,States, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe. And who talk to each other about it?

Have you heard about Gatnet?  A community of practice and public policy program on Gender and Transport, addressing the problems of women, particularly Southern women and girls, facing the everyday reality of gender inequality in the transport sector. The program deals with specific problems in specific places in Africa, Asia and Latin America, both cities and in very poor outlying rural areas where safe and fair access is an enormous problem of day to day life, often falling especially hard on women and young girls.

Let’s have a look.

Gender, Equity and Transport Forum 2.0
Origins, overview & supporting tool

GATNET ON DGROUPS at https://dgroups.org/worldbank/gatnet:  Since 2003 this international listserv initiated by the World Bank and International Forum for Rural Transport and Development has served as a self-organizing open network bringing together more than 200  concerned collaborating researchers and policy makers coming from 56 countries on all continents. Strength in numbers!

• Discussions – https://dgroups.org/worldbank/gatnet/discussions
• Members – https://dgroups.org/worldbank/gatnet/members
• Library – https://dgroups.org/worldbank/gatnet/library
• Dgroups Member Map – https://goo.gl/agVSZ0

GENDER, EQUITY & TRANSPORT FORUM 2.0 at https://gatnet.wordpress.com/: Complements the original Dgroups site as a multi-level platform bringing in a range of supporting media and tools tightly integrated to the original si – e. (2,923 followers)

• Gatnet 2.0 Universal Search – https://goo.gl/fDb0nr
• Gatnet on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/groups/gatnet
• Gatnet  on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8123470
• Gatnet  on Twitter – https://twitter.com/e_gatnet
• Open Library – https://goo.gl/PiRO4Z
• Scholarly articles – https://goo.gl/5o5cnd
• News –   https://goo.gl/GqLG4R
• Video Library –  https://goo.gl/8vKvUJ
• Photo Library – https://www.facebook.com/groups/gatnet/photos
• World Streets Gender Initiative – https://goo.gl/M7YlmF     
• Gatnet 2.0 Member Map –  https://goo.gl/FVaDGj

If you have questions about site organization, tools and participation go to https://goo.gl/pEq5by. Or alternatively send an email to  admin@ecoplan.org.  Strength in numbers.

 

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About the author: 

Eric Britton
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Bio: Founding editor of World Streets (1988), Eric Britton is an American political scientist, teacher, occasional consultant, and sustainability activist who has observed, learned, taught and worked on missions and advisory assignments on all continents. In the autumn of 2019, he committed his remaining life work to the challenges of aggressively countering climate change and specifically greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the mobility sector. He is not worried about running out of work. Further background and updates: @ericbritton | http://bit.ly/2Ti8LsX | #fekbritton | https://twitter.com/ericbritton | and | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbritton/ Contact: climate@newmobility.org) | +336 508 80787 (Also WhatApp) | Skype: newmobility.)

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