Gender-Responsive Infrastructure – Thematic Brief

Gender-Responsive Infrastructure – Thematic Brief

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Against the widespread perception that infrastructure is gender-neutral, we worked to foster truly inclusive infrastructure development. To make public services more responsive to everyone’s lives, it is critical to systematically assure meaningful participation of women and consideration of their demands across each stage of the infrastructure lifecycle. The document illustrates how COVID-19 unveiled the shortcomings of gender-blind infrastructure development. It makes the case that taking a gender-responsive approach would trigger enormous economic, social and environmental spill-over effects. Next, the document points to key existing tools and frameworks to successfully mainstream gender across the infrastructure lifecycle.

The Solutions Lab | Gender-Responsive Infrastructure – Thematic Brief