Closing the Gap: Gender, Transport and Employment in Mumbai
Muneeza Alam, Maureen Cropper, Matias Herrera Dappe and Palak Suri
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Closing the Gap: Gender, Transport and Employment in Mumbai
March
2021
Abstract
Until recently, transport planning and design was regarded as “gender-neutral” and were assumed to equally benefit both men and women. Now there is increasing recognition that women experience mobility differently than men. Thus, a one size-fits-all transportation system can aggravate gender and socioeconomic inequalities and limit women’s access to economic opportunities. There is a growing body of literature that documents the differences in men and women’s mobility pattern.