โ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ-๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐.โ – UN Women COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Transport with and for Women and Girls Brief.
In moving around, women and girls have to think about how they will protect themselves from sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV). Ensuring safety therefore is a priority when thinking about womenโs mobility. UN Women Caribbean Representative, Tonni Brodber joined the Inter-American Development Bank launch of the โ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ปโ publication to discuss how if sufficient analysis is not done, public transportation can deepening social disadvantages, including gender inequality.
โOne of the key factors for consideration in the Caribbean, is the design (of transportation) and the intent of the design. Public transportation is rooted in the reality of a space and if that reality is one of inequality, then that is what we are going to see,โ said the UN Women Representative.
During the panel discussion with members of academia from across Latin America, she also listed several other factors that negatively impacted womenโs mobility and use of transportation in the Caribbean, which included unreliability, safety, and resilience.
She noted however that there is the potential to break the cycle of inequality through investments and policies that take into account the needs of women and girls in all their diversity and that UN Women can and is supporting with the analysis to inform gender transformative design.
Watch here to learn more about the insights shared during this regional dialogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trEHalQ6Ds