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7 2013

Shireen Lateef

Senior Advisor (Gender)

The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or

policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB

does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any

consequence of their use. The countries listed in this paper do not imply any view on ADB's part as to sovereignty

or independent status or necessarily conform to ADB's terminology.


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: Transport and communication

Energy services

Water supply & sanitation Waste water management

Rural infrastructure irrigation and water resources

management rural roads

rural electrification

Urban infrastructure Urban water and sanitation

Urban transport

Also policy and institutionalreforms


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Better access to water gives women more time for income generating activities

attend to family needs and their own welfare and leisure. release from time consuming water collection and storage

girl children can go to school

Women are primary collectors, transporters,

users and managers of domestic water

promoters of home and community basedsanitation activities

family care givers responsible for family health

have water needs for irrigation and food

production


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Better roads and transport services

improve womens access to education and health services

enable girls to attend secondary schools and colleges as travel

becomes easier, faster and more convenient

roads improve access to womens employment opportunities

markets are easier to reach increasing trading opportunities

roads connectivity- more social travel to maintain family ties,

access information contributing to womens economic and

social empowerment

rural roads with labor intensive construction provide work

opportunities and much needed cash income for poor women.


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2583 drill wells, 1387 combined

wells, 227 hand dug well

4000 (56%) women participated in

village meetings

2000 women (40%-60%) in

planning, technology choice and

design 11,000 (40%) in supervision of well

construction

39% women in O & M training

35% female NGO staff

nearly 5,700 WSUGs established

43% women board members


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: Project Outputs Gender Action Plan Results

Feeder Roads 4.62m work days for women; 2200 women

contracted for road side maintenance; Pay equity;

Market Infrastructure

Shops and training for

women, separate womens

market sections;

133 Women market sections - separate toilet

facilities; 816 Shops allotted to women; 733 female

traders trained in shop management; women in

market management

Growth Center Markets with

areas allocated to women

200 Women market sections (279); Women in

market management

Tree Plantation and Routine

Maintenance (1250 km) for

destitute women

Labor Contracting Societies (LCS)

formed/savings/skills training; 250 LCS trained

Women given 5 km road maintenance

Bridges, Culverts, Ghats (39),

flood refuge centers (30)

Womens private corner in 14 flood refuges

Waiting rooms/toilets for women ghats, bus shelter

Union Parishad Complexes

(105)

Separate womens room and toilets in 74 UP

complexes


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Output Key Activities & Targets

Tranche 1

Output 1& 2: Site

facilities, capacity

development

New facilities with gender design features e.g.

separate male/female toilets

20% civil works jobs for women

Output 3 & 4

Integrated urban

transport

Gender-responsive design: street lighting around

MRT station, schedules and ticketing, options to suit

multiples short trips/inter-modal transport usage

Marketing campaign to target women as usersTranche 2:

Output 1: Construction

of MRT2 main line &

depot facilities

Station design features e.g. womens waiting spaces,

separate toilets, shop spaces for female-owned

businesses, child friendly access

20% civil works jobs for women, gender core labor

codes in contracts

Output 2: MRT2 Rolling

stock & metro services

30% jobs women - OM, ticketing, station attendees

Rolling stock design e.g. women only carriages,

child seating, storage space e.g. for prams/shopping


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In Bhutan

Rural Electricians Training Program sent rural Bhutanese women to India to train

as solar engineers - to install and maintain home solar energy systems

After training they installed and maintained home solar systems resulting in

reduced workloads for women; start small enterprises making candles, soap,

mats for saleIn Bangladesh

inexpensive village cell phones enabled women to run profitable businesses

save time traveling to markets for goods which may not be available.

In Nepal

Rural roads increased access to schools and hospitals, improving educationalopportunities for girls, and maternal and child health

In Cambodia

rural WSS provided time savings in water collection (3 times a day)

new community pond provided closer access and released time for more

productive income-generating activities

ponds sand filter assured that water given to their children is safe for drinking.In Timor-Leste

Road Project employed 55% women unskilled workers

women were trained in road construction and maintenance

women have decision-making power over their finances - spent their incomes on

food, clothes and school fees

Basic Infrastructure for women


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Project Design

Settings Approach

HIV Prevention Package

Construction Sites Entertainment Settings Mobile Populations Local communities

Behavior change and communication

Strengthening medical services Provision of medical packages (commodities) Workplace HIV Prevention Program

factories, casinos, mines Anti trafficking campaigns

Targets young women; sex workers; construction workers,migrant and mobile groups, truck drivers, military personnel


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