RIDE is launching a call for research proposals on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in transport. The call is managed by RIDE’s Partnership Pillar (GIZ) and Research Pillar (WRI), in partnership with WomenMobilizeWomen (WMW) and the Global Alliance for Feminist Transport.

Transport systems in low- and middle-income countries are often designed without women’s economic lives and safety in view. Women make up only 12% of the global transport and storage workforce, and fewer than 18% of the most cited transport researchers. This call funds research that treats women’s economic empowerment as the central subject, not a secondary lens. It focuses on evidence that leads to concrete change in transport policy, services, infrastructure or operations.

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