How Gender Can Help Drive SLCP Mitigation in the Transport Sector

10 September, 2024

14:00 - 15:00

(Paris)

Virtual

Understanding the importance of gender-responsive sustainable transport systems is a key component in promoting women’s economic empowerment and engagement. Globally, women hold less than 20% of jobs in the transport sector. Increasing women’s participation in the sector could improve global annual GDP up to 26% by 2025, or about $28 trillion (about $86,000 per person in the US), providing improved livelihoods to women across the world.

This webinar will focus on the importance of integrating a gender-responsive lens in transport planning and policymaking to reduce black carbon and PM2.5. There will be highlights on UNEP’s overall work and strategy on scaling up e-mobility as a driver for change towards gender transformation and just transition. In addition, WRI’s ongoing work and roadmap on gender mainstreaming in air quality management and transport sector will also be discussed. This will be followed by case studies in India and Colombia done by UNEP and WRI.

This webinar is part of CCAC’s webinar series on gender mainstreaming that aims to tackle SLCP sectors, break down key gender considerations and opportunities to develop better, more sustainable plans and policies in discussion with sector and gender experts, NGOs, and country partners.

Agenda

Topic	Speaker
Welcome (3 min)	Dana Crawhall-Duk, CCAC
UNEP’s overall work on scaling up e-mobility globally, with a focus on gender and case study on electric mobility and women in Bogota, Colombia (20 mins)	Annika Berlin, UNEP
Q&A with moderator (10 mins)	Polash Das, UNEP
WRI’s overall work on transportation and LEZ roadmap and mainstreaming gender in air quality and transport and case study in integrating gender sensitivity in Indian cities.	Azra Khan, WRI
Q&A with moderator (10 mins)	Polash Das, UNEP
Closing (3 min)	Sandra Cavalieri, CCAC

Speaker bios

Azra Khan

Azra Khan is a Program Manager at WRI India, focusing on gender-responsive public transport and promoting non-motorized transport in cities, particularly through public bicycle sharing and the Raahgiri initiative. She has over four years of experience in urban planning, gender, and transport, with previous roles in the construction industry and academia. She holds a Civil Engineering degree and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning, and outside of work, she enjoys doodling and traveling. 

Annika Berlin

Annika Berlin works as a Programme Management Officer at the UN Environment Programme’s Sustainable Mobility Unit based in Nairobi, Kenya. She set up and leads UNEP’s Africa Support and Investment Platform which supports countries, cities, and companies in their efforts to transition to electric mobility, leads UNEP’s Global Working Group on Electric Two and Three Wheelers and manages the global gender and e-mobility project. She has over 14 years of experience working for bilateral and multilateral development financing institutions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

Polash Das

Polash is a Programme Management Officer with the Sustainable Mobility Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He is based at UNEP’s headquarters in Nairobi. He is currently involved in global projects related to electric buses and is focused on implementing electric mobility projects in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining UNEP, he was leading the electric mobility projects for the Indian Government, where he helped cities deploy electric buses for public transport.