GENDER AND TRANSPORT RESOURCE GUIDE
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Module 2: Challenges for Mainstreaming Gender in Transport
2.5. Resettlement IssuesSome of the most common consequences of road construction and rehabilitation are the need for land acquisition, displacement of adjacent communities, and/or resettlement. When roads and other transport construction displace people, women, girls and the elderly suffer the negative impacts disproportionately. It is very important to ensure that adequate safeguard procedures are followed and that gender is addressed in mitigation plans.
Inputs from social scientists during the concept and design stages, and social assessments which specifically address the gender and age dimensions of land ownership and displacement prior to the beginning of civil works are all mitigating actions which can help create frameworks and concrete actions to address these differential impacts.
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