EMPOWER: Safer Transport for Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published: April 2021
Main topic: Gender, Public transport, Inclusion
Study countrie(s): Sub-Saharan Africa
Written by: Jeff Turner, Heather Allen, Laurie Pickup, Lucia Cristea, Paul Curtis, Tanu Priya Uteng
Published by: Vectos South Ltd
Study type: Leaflet
The EMPOWER project aims to make a change in the existing policies, regarding sexual harassment and gender bias in the transportation sector in Sub-Saharan countries. The most important expectation from EMPOWER is for policymakers and transport providers to have access to a Decision-Making Tool that will enable them to collect the evidence needed to identify the problem, and to apply the available measures to tackle it head on.
By involving stakeholders from across Africa, the tool will be tested and validated to ensure maximum transferability. It is expected that use of the Decision-Making Tool will become standard practice across Sub-Saharan Africa, strengthening the evidence base from which policies can be formed and investment unlocked.
By creating focused communication around sexual harassment on transport, the EMPOWER project will raise awareness of developments in the area of sexual harassment in transport. The identity and the key messages communicated by EMPOWER partners at the local level will reverberate to all targeted groups, i.e stakeholders, and women affected by sexual harassment. The key messages from the applied research will be communicated across the HVT Programme and beyond via a growing group of stakeholders.
