World Bank’s Flagship Gender Toolkit Launched: The World Bank and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority held a session to provide a gender toolkit based on “Enabling gender-responsive urban mobility and public spaces.”
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Key Points Of the World bank’s Gender Toolkit:
- The World Bank developed a pair of toolkits that describe a four-pillar implementation structure for urban entities to build a programme for gender-responsive urban transportation and public spaces.
- Assessing the ground situation: The first pillar involves evaluating the current reality on the ground, which includes comprehending gender variations in mobility patterns, safety issues, and infrastructure and policy inadequacies.
- Strengthening planning and policies: In order to improve planning and policies, the second pillar recommends incorporating a gender lens into plans and promoting gender inclusion among institutions and policymakers.
- Building awareness and capacity: The third pillar focuses on increasing knowledge and capability.
- Infrastructure: The fourth pillar prioritizes infrastructure improvement with a gendered lens.
- Additionally, the World Bank has provided guidance on each of the pillars.
Its Significance:
The toolkit from the World Bank attempts to highlight the gender-related problems with urban planning and mobility. Diverse perspectives on cities are held by men, women, and gender minorities.
The World Bank toolbox provides resources to assist these groups in strengthening policies, addressing gender-disaggregated migration patterns, and developing an infrastructure that will meet their needs. This toolkit will be helpful in discussions on urban planning and mobility as Indian urban local bodies and transport agencies start to comprehend the demands of different commuters.
