Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen

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

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
BUS
CAR
IMT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/18844519/gender-transport-middle-east-north-africa-region-case-studies-west-bank-yemen
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language English
en_US
topic ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AIR
AIR CONDITIONING
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
ASPHALT
AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT
AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME
BETTER MOBILITY
BICYCLE
BICYCLES
BIKES
BUS
BUS COMPANIES
BUS COMPANY
BUS INDUSTRY
BUS OPERATORS
BUS ROUTE
BUS ROUTES
BUS SERVICES
BUS STOP
BUS STOPS
BUS TERMINAL
BUSES
BUSWAYS
CAR
CARS
CARTS
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
COMMUTERS
CONCRETE
COST PER TRIP
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DAILY TRAVEL
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DESIGN OF TRANSPORT
DISABILITIES
DONKEY
DONKEYS
DRIVER
DRIVERS
DRIVING
DRIVING SCHOOLS
EARTHWORKS
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT
FARE INTEGRATION
FARES
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FLEET REPLACEMENT
FLEETS
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREQUENCY OF USE
GENDER
GENDER ANALYSIS
GENDER AND TRANSPORT
GRADE
HEAVY TRAFFIC
IMT
INCOME
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL TRANSPORT
INFORMAL TRANSPORT SECTOR
INJURIES
INSPECTION
INTERURBAN TRANSPORT
JOB MARKET
JOURNEY
LABOR MARKET
LONG DISTANCES
MAIN ROADS
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
MINIBUSES
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
MOBILITY
MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS
MOBILITY OPTIONS
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORCYCLES
MOTORIZED TRANSPORT
NEIGHBORHOODS
PARKING
PARKING FACILITIES
PASSENGER
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGER VEHICLES
PASSENGERS
PASSENGERS AS WELL
PATHS
PAVEMENTS
PEDESTRIAN
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PERSONAL SAFETY
POLICE
POPULATION DENSITY
POWER RELATIONS
PRIVATE CARS
PRIVATE TAXIS
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
PRIVATE VEHICLE
PRIVATE VEHICLES
PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC VEHICLES
PUBLIC WORKS
RAILWAYS
RAIN
RIDERS
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DAMAGE
ROAD DEATHS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD USERS
ROAD WORKS
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL ROAD
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY
SAFETY REGULATIONS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SANITARY FACILITIES
SECURITY ISSUES
SIDEWALKS
SKIDDING
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
SPEED
STREET LIGHTING
STREETS
SUBURBS
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
TAXI
TAXI LICENSES
TAXIS
TOPOGRAPHY
TRACTORS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
TRAFFIC LAW
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC POLICE
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORT COST
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE
TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODE
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT NEEDS
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT PLAN
TRANSPORT PLANNERS
TRANSPORT PLANNING
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SUPPLY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT TARIFFS
TRANSPORT TERMINALS
TRANSPORT USERS
TRANSPORTATION WALKING
TRAVEL NEEDS
TRAVEL PATTERNS
TRAVELERS
TRIP
TRIPS
TRUCKS
TRUE
TRUST FUND
TYPE OF VEHICLES
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBANIZATION
VANS
VEHICLE
VEHICLE OWNERSHIP
WAITING TIME
WALKING
WALKING DISTANCE
WEATHER CONDITIONS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AIR
AIR CONDITIONING
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
ASPHALT
AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT
AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME
BETTER MOBILITY
BICYCLE
BICYCLES
BIKES
BUS
BUS COMPANIES
BUS COMPANY
BUS INDUSTRY
BUS OPERATORS
BUS ROUTE
BUS ROUTES
BUS SERVICES
BUS STOP
BUS STOPS
BUS TERMINAL
BUSES
BUSWAYS
CAR
CARS
CARTS
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
COMMUTERS
CONCRETE
COST PER TRIP
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DAILY TRAVEL
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DESIGN OF TRANSPORT
DISABILITIES
DONKEY
DONKEYS
DRIVER
DRIVERS
DRIVING
DRIVING SCHOOLS
EARTHWORKS
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT
FARE INTEGRATION
FARES
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FLEET REPLACEMENT
FLEETS
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREQUENCY OF USE
GENDER
GENDER ANALYSIS
GENDER AND TRANSPORT
GRADE
HEAVY TRAFFIC
IMT
INCOME
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMAL TRANSPORT
INFORMAL TRANSPORT SECTOR
INJURIES
INSPECTION
INTERURBAN TRANSPORT
JOB MARKET
JOURNEY
LABOR MARKET
LONG DISTANCES
MAIN ROADS
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
MINIBUSES
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
MOBILITY
MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS
MOBILITY OPTIONS
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORCYCLES
MOTORIZED TRANSPORT
NEIGHBORHOODS
PARKING
PARKING FACILITIES
PASSENGER
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGER VEHICLES
PASSENGERS
PASSENGERS AS WELL
PATHS
PAVEMENTS
PEDESTRIAN
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PERSONAL SAFETY
POLICE
POPULATION DENSITY
POWER RELATIONS
PRIVATE CARS
PRIVATE TAXIS
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
PRIVATE VEHICLE
PRIVATE VEHICLES
PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC VEHICLES
PUBLIC WORKS
RAILWAYS
RAIN
RIDERS
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DAMAGE
ROAD DEATHS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD USERS
ROAD WORKS
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL ROAD
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY
SAFETY REGULATIONS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SANITARY FACILITIES
SECURITY ISSUES
SIDEWALKS
SKIDDING
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
SPEED
STREET LIGHTING
STREETS
SUBURBS
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
TAXI
TAXI LICENSES
TAXIS
TOPOGRAPHY
TRACTORS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
TRAFFIC LAW
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC POLICE
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORT COST
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE
TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODE
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT NEEDS
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT PLAN
TRANSPORT PLANNERS
TRANSPORT PLANNING
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SUPPLY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT TARIFFS
TRANSPORT TERMINALS
TRANSPORT USERS
TRANSPORTATION WALKING
TRAVEL NEEDS
TRAVEL PATTERNS
TRAVELERS
TRIP
TRIPS
TRUCKS
TRUE
TRUST FUND
TYPE OF VEHICLES
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBANIZATION
VANS
VEHICLE
VEHICLE OWNERSHIP
WAITING TIME
WALKING
WALKING DISTANCE
WEATHER CONDITIONS
World Bank
Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Republic of
description Mobility is a major factor of access to economic resources, education, health, and other key elements influencing women's empowerment. In the Middle East and North Africa's countries, like in many other developing economies, women's mobility is constrained not only by the limited, sometimes unaffordable transport supply but also by social and cultural factors that frame women's access to the outside world and exacerbate the supply problem. The objectives of this study are: 1) understanding better how transport infrastructure and services are meeting women's transport needs, and more specifically, how they are facilitating or constraining women's access to resources, markets, training, information, and employment; and 2) identifying priority areas for governments' actions to improve women's mobility and thereby enhance their access to economic opportunities and contribute to their economic empowerment. Three studies of the interaction between gender and transport have been conducted with these in mind: one in rural Yemen, one in urban Yemen, and one in the West Bank. Analyses of the findings of the studies have led to the following recommendations being put forth: i) encourage the use of intermediary means of transport; ii) create awareness about women's mobility needs; and iii) identify and mitigate constraints delaying development projects in rural Yemen.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
title_short Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
title_full Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
title_fullStr Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
title_full_unstemmed Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen
title_sort gender and transport in the middle east and north africa region : case studies from the west bank and yemen
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/18844519/gender-transport-middle-east-north-africa-region-case-studies-west-bank-yemen
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17651
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spelling okr-10986-176512021-04-23T14:03:39Z Gender and Transport in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Case Studies from the West Bank and Yemen World Bank ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT ASPHALT AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BETTER MOBILITY BICYCLE BICYCLES BIKES BUS BUS COMPANIES BUS COMPANY BUS INDUSTRY BUS OPERATORS BUS ROUTE BUS ROUTES BUS SERVICES BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS TERMINAL BUSES BUSWAYS CAR CARS CARTS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES COMMUTERS CONCRETE COST PER TRIP CULTURAL BARRIERS DAILY TRAVEL DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES DESIGN OF TRANSPORT DISABILITIES DONKEY DONKEYS DRIVER DRIVERS DRIVING DRIVING SCHOOLS EARTHWORKS EFFICIENT TRANSPORT FARE INTEGRATION FARES FINANCIAL BURDEN FLEET REPLACEMENT FLEETS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FREQUENCY OF USE GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER AND TRANSPORT GRADE HEAVY TRAFFIC IMT INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL TRANSPORT INFORMAL TRANSPORT SECTOR INJURIES INSPECTION INTERURBAN TRANSPORT JOB MARKET JOURNEY LABOR MARKET LONG DISTANCES MAIN ROADS MEANS OF TRANSPORT MINIBUSES MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS MOBILITY OPTIONS MODE OF TRANSPORT MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NEIGHBORHOODS PARKING PARKING FACILITIES PASSENGER PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGER VEHICLES PASSENGERS PASSENGERS AS WELL PATHS PAVEMENTS PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PERSONAL SAFETY POLICE POPULATION DENSITY POWER RELATIONS PRIVATE CARS PRIVATE TAXIS PRIVATE TRANSPORT PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATE VEHICLES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC VEHICLES PUBLIC WORKS RAILWAYS RAIN RIDERS ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DAMAGE ROAD DEATHS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD SAFETY ROAD USERS ROAD WORKS ROADS ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY REGULATIONS SAFETY STANDARDS SANITARY FACILITIES SECURITY ISSUES SIDEWALKS SKIDDING SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SPEED STREET LIGHTING STREETS SUBURBS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TAXI TAXI LICENSES TAXIS TOPOGRAPHY TRACTORS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRAFFIC LAW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC POLICE TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES TRANSPORT FACILITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT NEEDS TRANSPORT NETWORKS TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT PLANNERS TRANSPORT PLANNING TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICE QUALITY TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SUPPLY TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TARIFFS TRANSPORT TERMINALS TRANSPORT USERS TRANSPORTATION WALKING TRAVEL NEEDS TRAVEL PATTERNS TRAVELERS TRIP TRIPS TRUCKS TRUE TRUST FUND TYPE OF VEHICLES URBAN TRANSPORT URBANIZATION VANS VEHICLE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP WAITING TIME WALKING WALKING DISTANCE WEATHER CONDITIONS Mobility is a major factor of access to economic resources, education, health, and other key elements influencing women's empowerment. In the Middle East and North Africa's countries, like in many other developing economies, women's mobility is constrained not only by the limited, sometimes unaffordable transport supply but also by social and cultural factors that frame women's access to the outside world and exacerbate the supply problem. The objectives of this study are: 1) understanding better how transport infrastructure and services are meeting women's transport needs, and more specifically, how they are facilitating or constraining women's access to resources, markets, training, information, and employment; and 2) identifying priority areas for governments' actions to improve women's mobility and thereby enhance their access to economic opportunities and contribute to their economic empowerment. Three studies of the interaction between gender and transport have been conducted with these in mind: one in rural Yemen, one in urban Yemen, and one in the West Bank. Analyses of the findings of the studies have led to the following recommendations being put forth: i) encourage the use of intermediary means of transport; ii) create awareness about women's mobility needs; and iii) identify and mitigate constraints delaying development projects in rural Yemen. 2014-04-07T19:54:33Z 2014-04-07T19:54:33Z 2011-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/12/18844519/gender-transport-middle-east-north-africa-region-case-studies-west-bank-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17651 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Middle East and North Africa West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Republic of