Gender and Transport in Haiti: Gender Diagnostic and Gender Action Plan
Summary — This report presents a gender assessment of Haiti's transport sector and proposes a Gender Action Plan (GAP) to guide investments. It evaluates gender-specific actions implemented between 2011-2017 and aims to integrate a gender dimension into the design, implementation, and monitoring of transport operations, focusing on the needs of women as transport service users, particularly Madan Sara and female mango producers and traders.
Key Findings
- Gender gaps persist in education, health, and labor outcomes in Haiti.
- Transport sector is male-dominated, with women underrepresented as consumers, suppliers, and decision-makers.
- Gender-sensitive transport services and infrastructure investments maximize benefits and improve safety.
- Madan Sara play a vital role in the Haitian local labor market with specific transport needs.
- Women face personal security challenges while traveling, including gender-based violence.
Full Description
This technical note provides a gender diagnostic of the transport sector in Haiti and outlines a Gender Action Plan (GAP) for the Inter-American Development Bank's (IADB) investments. The report assesses gender gaps in education, health, and labor outcomes, and evaluates the success of gender-targeted interventions implemented between 2011 and 2017. The GAP aims to guide IADB investments in Haiti’s transport sector by conceptualizing and designing gender-sensitive operations. It focuses on the needs of women as transport service users, with specific attention to Madan Sara (MS) and local female mango producers and traders (MPT). The report also examines gender interventions in Haiti’s transport sector, including the Women and Men Equality Program (EFH) and the Integration of Gender, HIV/AIDS & First Aid in Reconstruction Campsites Program (IGHFA).