An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies
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An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
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An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate from Gail Jennings
An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies at FutureLearn Course details
- Throughout history, transport policies and services have almost always been designed by and for men. There is now a growing awareness among researchers and policy-makers that ignoring women's needs can impact their ability to use transport.
- On this four-week course from the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, you'll learn why gender matters in transport and mobility. Focusing particularly on emerging economies, you'll explore what happens when we bring gender and mobility issues together, and how gender-sensitive planning could improve transport access for everyone.
- You'll start the course by examining women's needs, patterns, and priorities in relation to transport. Taking a firmly international focus, you'll look at case studies from cities across the globe.
- You'll understand why women's needs differ from those of men, and how current transport models may be failing women. You'll also explore the connection between gender, poverty, and transport.
- Beyond gender biases affecting individual services, women are also under-represented in the transport sector as a whole.
- Week 3 of the course will look at the barriers women face in accessing senior positions in transport, and strategies for encouraging women to work in the sector.
- In the final week of the course, you'll look to the future of a more inclusive transport sector.
- You'll learn what it means to gather gender-inclusive data and make gender-sensitive decisions in order to reduce inequality across mobility systems.
- At the end of the course, you'll join other learners to discuss how you can apply your expertise in workplaces all around the world.
An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies at FutureLearn Curriculum
Why women’s mobility and transport needs must be met
Welcome and outline
Discover why gender matters in mobility and transport
Investigate why transport systems have been designed around the mobility needs of men
Understand why meeting women’s needs leaves no-one behind
Recap and test your knowledge
What are women's mobility patterns and needs?
Welcome and outline
Understand the mobility patterns of women, giving personal examples
Recognise the link between trip purposes and travel patterns
Demonstrate the safety-related mobility needs of women using supporting data from your city or town
Assess and share your own safety-related mobility needs
How to encourage more women to work in transport, and why this matters
Welcome and outline
Explain why we need more women in transport and mobility positions
View the current picture of women working in mobility and transport
Identify the barriers to women wanting to enter the transport sector
Apply your new knowledge to a local case study
When and where to collect data for gender-sensitive decision-making
Welcome and outline
Describe the nature of gender-sensitive data
Explain the process of collecting gender-sensitive data
Understand how to use gender-sensitive data for planning and implementation
Apply your skills to facilitate change
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