When Investing in Infrastructure, Don't Forget Gender

Event: Conference on Gender in Urban Governance and Transport

When Investing in Infrastructure, Don't Forget Gender

26 April 2018

Author / Speaker:

Hyun Son, ADB - Other materials by the author

Making infrastructure projects gender-responsive can help women and girls lead healthy and productive lives.

Poor infrastructure exacerbates the gender gap in many ways. Development organizations have become aware of the problem, and ADB in particular has made significant progress on making its infrastructure investments gender-responsive. Read more from this blog.

Geographical Focus:

Regional - Asia

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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