COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Transport with and for Women and Girls
Categories: Global Public Health, Humanitarian Emergencies
Sub-Categories: Climate and Environment, COVID-19, Economic Participation, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2020
Citation: "COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Transport with and for Women and Girls." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. December 2020.
Sub-Categories: Climate and Environment, COVID-19, Economic Participation, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2020
Citation: "COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Transport with and for Women and Girls." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. December 2020.
Executive Summary
This brief highlights trends and impacts of COVID-19 on women’s safety in transport. It includes examples of strategies put in place to provide safer transport modes for women and girls throughout the global pandemic, with a focus on availability, accessibility, and affordability, and makes recommendations on how different sectors can contribute to a comprehensive approach to improve women’s mobility.
It draws upon the knowledge and experience of a wide range experts (for example, governments, grassroots women’s and women’s rights organizations, the private sector, and other partners), including those from cities participating in the UN Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Global Flagship Initiative.