Scaling up Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Transport: Policies, Practices, Impacts and Monitoring Processes 鈥� Case Study Report: Kenya
Review of national policy documents to map gender policy landscape and assess implementation in transport
Abstract
The research project was implemented through a desk study that involved a review of national policy documents to map Kenya鈥檚 gender policy landscape and assess how this is implemented in the transport sector. A gendered project cycle analysis of the Kenya Roads 2000/AFD (Agence Fran莽aise de D茅veloppement) project was conducted to assess the tools, indicators and targets used to mainstream gender and to examine their effectiveness.
The research established that Kenya has a very progressive structure for gender mainstreaming cutting across different policy domains and institutions. However, this is yet to be effectively implemented in the transport sector. As a result, women continue bearing a disproportionate transport burden and experiencing sexual and gender-based violence in transport-related spaces.
The report recommends retrofitting transport policy and regulations to include measures that address women鈥檚 relative to men鈥檚 needs as users of transport systems; promote their participation in, and benefit from road improvement projects; and guarantee their safety and personal security.
This project is funded by DFID under the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport 天美影院 through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)
Citation
Tanzarn, N., (2017). Scaling up Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Transport: Policies, Practices, Impacts and Monitoring Processes 鈥� Case Study Report: Kenya. London: ReCAP for DFID.
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