A fundamental part of women’s economic empowerment is helping women who want to work outside the home to find and keep a job. A major part of that decision is ensuring that they can travel to work without fear of stigma, harassment or violence on public transport. In Pakistan, a study set out to discover whether an offer of safe commuter transport would tempt women who are currently not looking for a job.

Kate Vyborny of the World Bank spoke to Tim Phillips from Lahore, where the study

took place, about the challenges women face in commuting to work and about how safe transport can change career opportunities for millions of women.

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Read the full show notes here: https://voxdev.org/topic/infrastructure/how-safe-transport-could-unlock-womens-labour-force-participation-pakistan