Gender and Transport in MENA : Case Studies from West Bank Gaza and Yemen

Gender and Transport in MENA : Case Studies from West Bank Gaza and Yemen

Mobility is a major factor in access to economic resources, education, health, and other key elements influencing women's empowerment. In Middle East and North African countries, like in many other developing economies, women's mobility i...

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Main Author:	Aljounaidi, Lamis
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT BASIC HEALTH CARE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER MOBILITY BIKES BUS BUS ROUTE BUS ROUTES BUS STOPS BUSES CAR CARS CHILD CARE CONTROL OVER RESOURCES DESIGN OF TRANSPORT DONKEYS DRIVERS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENHANCING WOMEN FARE INTEGRATION FARES FEMALE LITERACY FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FRAMEWORK GENDER AND TRANSPORT HEALTH SERVICES HIGH SPEEDS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCOME JOURNEY JOURNEY TO WORK LIVING CONDITIONS MEANS OF TRANSPORT MOBILITY MOTHER MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NEIGHBORHOODS PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICAL REALITIES POOR FAMILIES POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATE TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS RESPECT RIDERS ROAD ROADS ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY REGULATIONS SIDEWALKS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL NORMS STEEL STREET LIGHTING STREETS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOPOGRAPHY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SUPPLY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS TRIPS TRUCKS TRUE URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION WAITING TIME WALKING WOMAN WORK FORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/11923797/gender-transport-mena-case-studies-west-bank-gaza-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10935

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/11923797/gender-transport-mena-case-studies-west-bank-gaza-yemen
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10935