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EXPERIMENTS & TRANSITION

Dr. Ines Kawgan-Kagan, AEM Institute | Rita Jacinto, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa | Heather Allen | Julieta De Micheo, Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid

Women account for just 22% of

transport employees

55%of women stated that they would

not use public

transport at night

UN Status of women report 2014:

“There is systematic male bias in the planning,

provision and design of transport systems”

Women spend 21 hours a week

on average providing care

(compared to 11 hours for men )

1 in 3 women have been

subjected to physical

harassment in public.

Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes, Understanding women’s travel needs in ireland to inform the future of sustainable transport policy and design: TII-Travelling-in-a-Womans-Shoes-Report_Issue.pdf

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… and what is not…

Women in decision making roles

Data collection

Implementation

Review

1. What are the challenges?2. Who is currently dealing with these?3. What can we learn?4. How can we create action?...NOW!

The four key topic areas:

• Security in Public Transport and Public Space• Data collection• Convenience and Physical Access• Decision Making and Representation

Within wider working group agendas:- Safety and Security of transit facilities- Bi-lateral meetings with specialists- Here!- POLIS 2021 conference

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SPEAKER

Managing director and a mobility expert with a special focus on the combination of innovative mobility and gender in urban areas. She co-founded the AEM Institute in November 2020.

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Program Manager at the Division for Pedestrian Accessibility, Lisbon City Council, Portugal. Working for the City since 2016, Rita has collaborated on a variety of projects including those addressing safety of women in public transport and public space, Lisbon.

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Has served in the Cabinet of the President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies and has been an advisor to the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense and the Spokesman of the Constitutional and Justice Commissions in the Congress. She joined EMT in early 2020 as Director of Institutional Relations and CSR.

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SPEAKER

Has more than 25 years international experience in gender,

transport and sustainable development. Her transport and gender

knowledge covers both practical experience and research and she

has worked widely in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

More recently, she has conducted numerous social impact and

gender analyses for international clients, including UN Women

(Papua New Guinea), Asian Development Bank, developing an

inclusive urban transport planning guide for C40 and more! She

was recognised as one of the GIZ's ‘Remarkable Women in

Transport’.

We will discuss• Women’s employment in the sector• What "vulnerability" really means• Good practices• What can Europe learn from beyond its

borders• How can cities collaborate

1. What is your city/ region / organization doing?2. Which initiatives have worked…and which

haven’t!3. Which new stakeholders can be brought in?4. Network with others from this sessions- discuss

your ideas and experiences!

• Dr. Ines Kawgan-Kagan, AEM Institute• Rita Jacinto, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa• Heather Allen• Julieta De Micheo, Empresa Municipal de

Transportes de Madrid

Moderated by Isobel Duxfield, POLIS Network#UNextEU