Infrastructure & Services
Planning for rural and urban infrastructure and services often fails to meet the specific needs of women and men. This theme explores how development interventions can respond to these differing needs and challenge gender inequalities - from the management of transport and energy, to the management of housing and water infrastructure and services.
Documents on Infrastructure & Services (139)
Author:
J. Clancy;S. Oparaocha;U. Roehr,
International Conference for Renewable Energies, Jan 2004
Can renewable energies contribute to gender equity so that women and men benefit fairly from access to energy services? This paper argues that providing improved access to energy services for ...
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Author:
Rachel Masika;Arjan de Haan;Sally Baden,
, Jan 2011
Urbanisation and urban growth have accelerated in many developing countries in the past few years due to natural population growth and rural-urban migration. The processes of urbanisation have been shaped ...
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, Jan 2010
Between 30 and 60 percent of women in Latin America have suffered from Domestic Violence. Do these women have safe-housing options to flee their abusers? This report by the Centre ...
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Amnesty International , Jul 2010
Women and girls living in the informal settlements and slums of Nairobi live their daily lives under constant threat of violence: in their own homes, at work, and in public ...
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Author:
C. Rakodi,
One World Action, Jan 2002
How can citizens exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services? How can the public sector's willingness and ability to respond ...
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