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Gender equality, climate change and transportation

What is equality in transport and mobility? According to Christian Dymén, researcher and consultant at Trivector, it is the equal possibility to influence the planning process and the power to choose between different modes of transportation. However, this is not just a question about equality between men and women, if we do not change the current transport behavior, the emissions from the transport sector will continue to damage our environment. So, in addition to the question mentioned: How can mobility become more equal and at the same time, more sustainable?

Mobility at the margins

Outside of Europe research confirms that women continue to be one of the most exposed groups in mobility and transport, creating barriers in their everyday life. This can be demonstrated by the example of domestic workers in Bogotá, Medellín and São Paulo presented by Harvard Doctor of Juridical Science, Valentina Montoya Robledo.

De bijdrage van URBACT aan het nieuwe Charter van Leipzig

De resultaten van URBACT City Lab zijn nu beschikbaar in de Knowledge Hub.

La contribution d'URBACT à la nouvelle Charte de Leipzig

Les résultats du City Lab URBACT sont désormais disponibles dans le Knowledge Hub.

Capizzi (IT): Performing volunteering and solidarity activities in an organised manner. Part 1: The creation of the Municipal Council of Volunteerism

How the process of transferring a good practice from the Lead partner to the partner cities has triggered an unpredictable multiplier effect, generating a series of best practices that today, thanks to the URBACT methodology, animate the  social fabric of a peripheral mountain town like Capizzi

Gender-related perspectives and attitudes towards transport issues