Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?

The main achievement of the Rural Roads Project with regard to gender issues was the improvement of the bridle paths. This was not simply a result of female representation on the Rural Road Committees, which were the road rehabilitation crews, but...

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Main Authors: Caballero, Luz, Alcahuasi, Nerida
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/12050419/gender-peru-can-women-integrated-transport-projects
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spelling okr-10986-102912021-04-23T14:02:49Z Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects? Caballero, Luz Alcahuasi, Nerida ABUSE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY CIVIL RIGHTS CLEANLINESS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CULVERTS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENGINEERS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE CANDIDATES GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER BARRIERS GENDER CONSIDERATIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER FOCAL POINTS GENDER INITIATIVE GENDER ISSUES GENDER SPECIALISTS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HUSBANDS HYGIENE INDIGENOUS WOMEN INHABITANTS INTERVENTIONS LITERACY MOBILITY MOTHERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN REHABILITATION ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL WOMEN SANCTION SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT CONDITIONS TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE WILL WOMAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS The main achievement of the Rural Roads Project with regard to gender issues was the improvement of the bridle paths. This was not simply a result of female representation on the Rural Road Committees, which were the road rehabilitation crews, but also because during the participatory process of prioritizing roads to be improved, women, being the most frequent users of this type of road, enthusiastically expressed themselves and described how the lack of accessibility and transport services had impeded them in their daily lives. In addition, their basic needs were taken into consideration. 2012-08-13T11:04:45Z 2012-08-13T11:04:45Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/12050419/gender-peru-can-women-integrated-transport-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10291 English en breve; No. 112 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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topic ABUSE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
CIVIL RIGHTS
CLEANLINESS
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
CULVERTS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EMPOWERMENT
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENGINEERS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALE CANDIDATES
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER BARRIERS
GENDER CONSIDERATIONS
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER FOCAL POINTS
GENDER INITIATIVE
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER SPECIALISTS
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
HUSBANDS
HYGIENE
INDIGENOUS WOMEN
INHABITANTS
INTERVENTIONS
LITERACY
MOBILITY
MOTHERS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
REHABILITATION
ROAD
ROAD MAINTENANCE
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL ROADS
RURAL TRANSPORT
RURAL WOMEN
SANCTION
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAFFIC
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT CONDITIONS
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRUE
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
spellingShingle ABUSE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
CIVIL RIGHTS
CLEANLINESS
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
CULVERTS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EMPOWERMENT
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENGINEERS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALE CANDIDATES
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER BARRIERS
GENDER CONSIDERATIONS
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER FOCAL POINTS
GENDER INITIATIVE
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER SPECIALISTS
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
HUSBANDS
HYGIENE
INDIGENOUS WOMEN
INHABITANTS
INTERVENTIONS
LITERACY
MOBILITY
MOTHERS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
REHABILITATION
ROAD
ROAD MAINTENANCE
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL ROADS
RURAL TRANSPORT
RURAL WOMEN
SANCTION
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAFFIC
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT CONDITIONS
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRUE
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Caballero, Luz
Alcahuasi, Nerida
Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Peru
relation en breve; No. 112
description The main achievement of the Rural Roads Project with regard to gender issues was the improvement of the bridle paths. This was not simply a result of female representation on the Rural Road Committees, which were the road rehabilitation crews, but also because during the participatory process of prioritizing roads to be improved, women, being the most frequent users of this type of road, enthusiastically expressed themselves and described how the lack of accessibility and transport services had impeded them in their daily lives. In addition, their basic needs were taken into consideration.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Caballero, Luz
Alcahuasi, Nerida
author_facet Caballero, Luz
Alcahuasi, Nerida
author_sort Caballero, Luz
title Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
title_short Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
title_full Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
title_fullStr Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
title_full_unstemmed Gender in Peru : Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?
title_sort gender in peru : can women be integrated into transport projects?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/12050419/gender-peru-can-women-integrated-transport-projects
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10291
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