Women move safely
Abstract
Urban mobility is essential for those who live in cities. Transport infrastructures and services are an essential means of improving people’s well-being, facilitating their access to the economic and social benefits of urban life. The lack of a robust and efficient public transport system in a city has a negative impact on the life and well-being of its inhabitants. The associated consequences are more accentuated for women and diverse people, who have limited mobility options.
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), together with the Secretariat of Transportation and Public Works of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and with the collaboration of a team of international consultants, made up of Safetipin (India), the Cooperativa Cambalache (Argentina), and the City Housing Institute (IVC), carried out this study with the aim of understanding the barriers to the mobility of women in 8 informal settlements in the city. This study focuses on understanding the factors that impact the daily mobility of women and people with diverse identities around the selected informal settlements. Thus, it was possible to outline a system of lines of action and possible solutions in order to improve mobility in these informal settlements from a gender perspective.
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Perception of safety in mobility in informal settlements
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978-980-422-298-6Date
2023-08-25Cite this publication
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