TUMI2023 Conference | Feminist Voices in Transport | May 23

A TUMI x WMW conference

Thank you to everyone who made the #TUMI2023 Conference on #FeministVoicesInTransport an inspiring event. We believe that the connections and ideas shared during this conference will have a lasting impact. As you scroll through this page, we aim to reinforce the drive that united us during this conference; whether you were one of the over 150 participants on site, digitally connected through our broadcast with almost 300 viewers, or even now (re-)watching the sessions online.

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Central Themes

Celebrating Women Mobilize Women and Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport
Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Transport Sector
Addressing the Challenges of Care Trips
Tackling Climate Change and Building Social Resilience through Transport Policy
Advancing a Feminist Development Policy for International Cooperation in the Transport Sector

TUMI2023 Program Overview

The TUMI2023 Conference took place on May 23 in Leipzig back-to-back to the ITF 2023 Summit.

To watch the session recordings, simply click on the session title.

May 23

Session

09:00-10:15

Celebration of WMW’s 5 year anniversary
Networking Breakfast | Telemann Saal

Ariadne Baskin (GIZ / WMW)
Kristina Kebeck (City of Cologne)
Viviane Weinmann (GIZ / WMW)

10:30-10:50

Opening
Video Message | Weißer Saal
Svenja Schulze (Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development / BMZ)

Setting the Scene: Why we need Feminist Voices for gender-transformative planning (tbc)
Christine Toetzke (Director General Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern/South Eastern Europe Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development / BMZ)

10:50–11:10

About women, all of us
Keynote Speech | Weißer Saal

Robin Chase (Tucows, Remarkable Feminist Voice in Transport 2023)

11:10-12:00

A living-room style conversation with the Remarkable Feminist Voices 2023
Morning Session 1 | Weißer Saal

Yasmine Al Moghrabi (Regional Youth Leader of Road Safety)
Robin Chase (Tucows, Remarkable Feminist Voice in Transport 2023)
Keisha Mayuga (AltMobility)
Naomi Mwaura (Flone Initiative)
Cyprine Odada (Critical Mass Nairobi)
Andrea San Gil Leon (Center for Urban Sustainability, Agile City Partners)
Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalysts)
Dr. Kalpana Viswanath (Safetipin)

12:00-12:15

UNEP BMZ Project (IKU) „E-Mobility as a Driver for Change – Towards a Gender Transformative and Just Transition to Electric Mobility“ and Global Working Group on “Women and Electric Mobility”
Official Launch | Weißer Saal

Annika Berlin (United Nations Environment Progamme / UNEP)
Christine Toetzke (Director General for BMZ / The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)

12:15-13:15

Lunch Break + Group Photo

13:15-14:00

The Road to Equity: Navigating Intersectionality in Popular Transport
Afternoon Session 1 | Weißer Saal

Tom Courtright (Association for Electric Mobility & Development in Africa, Kenya)
Lorena Freitas (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy/ITDP Brazil)
Andrea San Gil Leon (Center for Urban Sustainability, Agile City Partners)
Naomi Mwaura (Flone Initiative)

14:00-14:15

Hear from Senator Crystal Asige, Disability Rights Activist from Nairobi, Kenya
Impulse Speech | Weißer Saal

Senator Crystal Asige (Kenyan Senate)

14:15-15:00

From Car to Care: Shifting the Paradigm of Urban Mobility Through the Lens of Care
Afternoon Session 2 | Weißer Saal

Lorena Freitas (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy / ITDP Brazil)
Aimee Gauthier (ITDP Global)
Cyprine Odada (Critical Mass Nairobi)
María Fernanda Ramírez Bernal (Despacio)
Anuela Ristani (Tirana Municipality)

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

Breakout Sessions:

Mapping Danger: The Use of Data for Safe Public Spaces and Transportation Systems
Breakout Session I Weißer Saal

Co-hosted by CAF

Iman A. Abubaker (WRI Africa)
Angie Palacios (CAF)
Bronwen Thornton (Walk21)
Kalpana Viswanath (Safetipin)

Just Workplaces and Jobs with a Focus on E-Mobility
Breakout Session II | Telemann Saal

Co-hosted by WRI

Candi Ashanti (Metrobus, CDMX)
Annika Berlin (UNEP)
Tom Courtright (Association for Electric Mobility & Development in Africa)
Archana Chauhan (Convergence Energy Services Limited)
Gabriela de la Torre (WRI Mexico)

Importance of Gender Responsiveness for Climate and Social Resilience in Transport
Breakout Session III | Schumann Saal

Co-hosted by SLOCAT Partnership

Maruxa Cardama (SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport)
Urda Eichhorst (GIZ)
Emmanuel John (Ochenuel Mobility)
Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalyst)

16:30-16:45

Gender Imbalance in the Transport Sector: A Toolkit for Change
Sum4all Gender Working Group Report Presentation | Weißer Saal

Isobel Duxfield (POLIS Network)

16:45-17:30

The Way Forward – How to Implement and Finance Gender-Transformative Measures in the Urban Transport Sector?
Closing Session | Weißer Saal

Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid (African Union Commission)
Chiara Corazza (Representative for France within G20 EMPOWER; Member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council)
Insa Ilgen (GIZ / TUMI)
Lindsey Mancini (Senior Director Membership, Marketing and Services / UITP)
Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge (World Bank)
Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalyst)
Dr. Frank Weiler (KfW Development Bank)

17:30-17:40

Main Findings of the Day & Outlook ITF Summit 2023
Summary | Weißer Saal

Mary Crass (ITF)

17:45-20:00

Reception
Telemann Saal

TUMI2023 Program Overview

The TUMI2023 Conference takes place on May 23 in Leipzig back-to-back to the ITF 2023 Summit!

Sessions on May 23

09:00-10:15
Celebration of WMW’s 5 year anniversary
Networking Breakfast | Telemann Saal
Ariadne Baskin (GIZ / WMW)
Kristina Kebeck (City of Cologne)
Viviane Weinmann (GIZ / WMW)

10:30-10:50
Opening
Video Message | Weißer Saal
Svenja Schulze (Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development / BMZ)

10:50–11:10
About women, all of us
Keynote Speech | Weißer Saal
Robin Chase (Tucows, Remarkable Feminist Voice in Transport 2023)

11:10-12:00
A living-room style conversation with the Remarkable Feminist Voices 2023
Morning Session 1 | Weißer Saal
Yasmine Al Moghrabi (Regional Youth Leader of Road Safety)
Robin Chase (Tucows, Remarkable Feminist Voice in Transport 2023) Keisha Mayuga (AltMobility)
Naomi Mwaura (Flone Initiative)
Cyprine Odada (Critical Mass Nairobi)
Andrea San Gil Leon (Center for Urban Sustainability, Agile City Partners) Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalysts)
Dr. Kalpana Viswanath (Safetipin)

12:00-12:15
UNEP BMZ Project (IKU) „E-Mobility as a Driver for Change – Towards a Gender Transformative and Just Transition to Electric Mobility“ and Global Working Group on “Women and Electric Mobility”
Official Launch | Weißer Saal
Annika Berlin (United Nations Environment Progamme / UNEP)
Christine Toetzke (Director General for BMZ / The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)

12:15-13:00 Lunch Break

13:15-14:00
The Road to Equity: Navigating Intersectionality in Popular Transport
Afternoon Session 1 | Weißer Saal
Tom Courtright (Association for Electric Mobility & Development in Africa, Kenya)
Lorena Freitas (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy/ITDP Brazil)
Andrea San Gil Leon (Center for Urban Sustainability, Agile City Partners)
Naomi Mwaura (Flone Initiative)

14:00-14:15
Hear from Senator Crystal Asige, Disability Rights Activist from Nairobi, Kenya
Impulse Speech | Weißer Saal
Senator Crystal Asige (Kenyan Senate)

14:15-15:00
From Car to Care: Shifting the Paradigm of Urban Mobility Through the Lens of Care
Afternoon Session 2 | Weißer Saal
Lorena Freitas (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy / ITDP Brazil)
Aimee Gauthier (ITDP Global)
Cyprine Odada (Critical Mass Nairobi)
María Fernanda Ramírez Bernal (Despacio)
Anuela Ristani (Tirana Municipality)

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30
Breakout Sessions:

Mapping Danger: The Use of Data for Safe Public Spaces and Transportation Systems
Breakout Session I Weißer Saal
Co-hosted by CAF
Iman A. Abubaker (WRI India)
Angie Palacios (CAF)
Bronwen Thornton (Walk21)
Kalpana Viswanath (Safetipin)

Just Workplaces and Jobs with a Focus on E-Mobility
Breakout Session II | Telemann Saal
Co-hosted by WRI
Annika Berlin (UNEP)
Tom Courtright (Association for Electric Mobility & Development in Africa)
Archana Chauhan (Convergence Energy Services Limited)
Gabriela de la Torre (WRI Mexico)

Importance of Gender Responsiveness for Climate and Social Resilience in Transport
Breakout Session III | Schumann Saal
Co-hosted by SLOCAT Partnership

Maruxa Cardama (SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport)
Urda Eichhorst (GIZ)
Emmanuel John (Ochenuel Mobility)
Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalyst)

16:30-16:45
Gender Imbalance in the Transport Sector: A Toolkit for Change
Sum4all Gender Working Group Report Presentation | Weißer Saal
By: Isobel Duxfield (POLIS Network)

16:45-17:30
The Way Forward – How to Implement and Finance Gender-Transformative Measures in the Urban Transport Sector?
Closing Session | Weißer Saal
Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid (African Union Commission)
Chiara Corazza (Representative for France within G20 EMPOWER; Member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council)
Insa Ilgen (GIZ / TUMI)
Lindsey Mancini (Senior Director Membership, Marketing and Services / UITP)
Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge (World Bank)
Sonal Shah (The Urban Catalyst)
Dr. Frank Weiler (KfW Development Bank)

17:30-17:35
Main Findings of the Day & Outlook ITF Summit 2023
Summary | Weißer Saal
Mary Crass (ITF)

17:35-17:45
Closing Words & Opening of the Reception

17:45-20:00
Reception
Telemann Saal

Confirmed Speakers

Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid

Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission

Amani Abou-Zeid is the twice-elected African Union Commissioner in charge of Infrastructure, Energy and ICT. For more than 30 years, Dr. Abou-Zeid has served in leadership positions in international organizations and has amassed a remarkable mix of experience from across continents and stakeholders. She has managed the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) largest operational portfolio and implemented national and continental multi-sectoral development programs, including the world’s largest solar power plant. She launched the Single African Air Transport Market, African Single Energy Market, First African Digital Transformation Strategy as well as the second 10-year Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa. She is long named and recognized as a champion of gender equality and is often voted one of Africa’s most influential women.

Iman A. Abubaker

Urban Mobility Project Manager at the World Resources Institute (WRI)

Iman Abubaker is an Urban Mobility Project Manager at World Resources Institute (WRI) Africa. Iman is based in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and advocates for safety, equity and integration when planning a city’s transportation system. She is an experienced Urban Mobility Project Coordinator who worked as a consultant in the think thanks industry prior to joining WRI and holds a master’s degree in Environment, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex. Iman stands for a coordinated approach between international and local partners to achieve sustainability and low-carbon emissions in the transportation system in African cities.

Yasmine Al Moghrabi

Regional youth leader of road safety in North America, PHD student, activist

Lebanese-born Yasmine Al Moghrabi is a Regional Youth Leader, PhD Student in Transportation Engineering (Integrated Intelligent Transportation Systems/Traffic Engineering), and global road safety and climate action activist named one of the top 10% of Changemakers from around the world who have acted in favor of Global Goals.

Crystal Asige

Senator, Republic of Kenya

Kenyan singer and songwriter Crystal Asige is a Senator at the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Moreover, she is an equity and inclusion consultant, disability rights advocate, accessibility auditor and public speaker. Crystal leads and consults projects surrounding accessible cities as well as inclusive transport and infrastructure. She is an Amnesty International Kenya board member, BBC-trained media professional, Youtuber and creative business owner who graduated from the University of the West of England Bristol.

María Patricia Becerra Salazar

Metrobús Mexico City

Patricia Becerra is a representative of Metrobús, the BRT transport provider of Mexico City. Patricia has a law degree with 40 years of experience in Administrative, Fiscal and Regulatory Law. For 18 years, since the creation of Metrobús, she has directed the legal matters of this transport system. She has been involved in the launch of the seven bus lines that currently make up the system, as well as the start of operations of the first fully electric BRT corridor in Latin America. Patricia leads the legal and administrative efforts to make the operation of the system possible, particularly the substitution of diesel buses for electric ones in favor of emission-free mobility.

Annika Berlin

Program Management Officer at UNEP

Annika Berlin works as a Program Management Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Sustainable Mobility Unit, focusing on electric mobility in Africa. Annika is an international development professional with more than ten years of experience working for bilateral and multilateral organizations on transport, urban development and climate change projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Central and East Asia.

Melissa Bruntlett

Communications and Engagement Advisor of Mobycon and ModaCity, WMW Ambassador

Melissa Bruntlett is the Communications and Engagement Advisor at Mobycon, specializing in equitable mobility and sustainable cities. She co-authored Building the Cycling City and Curbing Traffic and believes in building cities for everyone regardless of age, ability, income, race, or gender identity. Melissa uses her experience as an advocate and communicator to promote sustainable transport, advising cities and regions on holistic and equitable mobility planning. She also provides workshops and knowledge sharing through her roles at Mobycon and Women Mobilize Women.

Maruxa Cardama

Secretary General of SLOCAT (Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport)

Passionate about social, economic and environmental justice; over the past 20 years, Maruxa has worked with leaders in government, parliament, multilateral institutions, activism, philanthropy and business across continents to advance equitable prosperity and climate change solutions. Maruxa has recently been appointed as Champion of the Pathfinder Initiative, which focuses on pathways for healthy zero-carbon futures and is overseen by The Lancet Pathfinder Commission. In 2019 she was selected to chair the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference. Previously Maruxa founded Communitas, the multi-stakeholder coalition which pioneered knowledge-based advocacy for the Sustainable Development Goal on Cities and Human Settlements. Furthermore, she has also held posts as Senior Policy Specialist for Cities Alliance/UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services).

Robin Chase

Chairperson at Tucows

Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur. She co-founded numerous companies aiming to bring sustainability into the mobility system. She is the co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing company, as well as Buzzcar in France, the online ridesharing community GoLoco and the network company Veniam. On top of that, Robin co-founded NUMO, a nonprofit global alliance whose target is to channel tech-based innovations in the transportation sector to create more just and sustainable cities. Robin was a member of the advisory board at the WRI (World Resources Institute). Today, she is Chairperson at Tucows such as part of the Dutch multinational DSM’s Sustainability Advisory Board.

Archana Chauhan

Head of National Electric Bus Program  at Convergence Energy Services Limited 

Archana is an energy professional with an experience over 10 years in the energy and power sector, particularly in the areas of Electric Vehicles, Charging Infrastructure, and energy efficiency. Archana possesses expertise in collaborating with both Central and State government departments, developing effective business strategies, advocating for public policy, implementing policies, managing stakeholders, preparing unified tenders and leading the implementation of National Electric Bus Program in India.

Chiara Corazza

French Representative G20 EMPOWER, Member G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

Chiara Corazza is the Private Sector Representative for France within G20 EMPOWER, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, and member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council. She has been CEO at the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society (2017-2021). She is the author of the report ‘Women at the heart of the economy’, as part of the mission she was entrusted by the French Government after the G7 2019 Summit, proposing critical recommendations for the representation of girls and women in STEM and in the jobs of the future.

Tom Courtright

Research director at Africa E-Mobility Alliance, Co-founder of Lubyanza

Tom Courtright is the Research Director at the Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA), a PhD student studying boda bodas and accessibility at the University of Cape Town, and the co-founder of Lubyanza, a research group studying boda bodas in Uganda.

Mary Crass

Head of Institutional Relations and Summit at ITF (International Transport Forum)

Mary Crass is Head of Institutional Relations and Summit for the Paris-based International Transport Forum at the OECD. She oversees the ITF’s relations with Member countries and outreach to new Members, international organizations and associations, the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board and the annual International Transport Forum Summit in Germany. She has contributed to the organization's work on sustainable urban travel, accessible transport and social inclusion, and crime and terrorism issues in transport. Prior to joining the OECD, Mary worked as a private consultant focusing on transport and environmental issues for, among others, the UN Environment Programme, the European Commission, as well as private enterprises.

Gabriela de la Torre Ríos

Research and Policy Analyst, Co-founder

Gabriela is Project Manager of the TUMI E-Bus Mission project at WRI (World Resources Insitute) México. She is a specialist in public policy, gender equality and sustainable urban development. She has over 13 years of experience in public administration, project management and policy design, including six years as an urban mobility and gender policy expert in the public, private, cultural sectors, and in activism. Moreover, she holds a master's degree in Governance, Development and Public Policy and co-founded the organization Mujeres en el Medio/ MEM – Women for the City, which strives to bring a feminist perspective to urban planning policies.

Isobel Duxfield

Regions Working Group and SMC Platform Coordinator, Communications & Membership Manager at POLIS Network

Isobel Duxfield is Communications and Membership Manager at POLIS Network. She completed her postgraduate degree in Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge, and now works widely on gender equity and sustainable mobility. She has co-authored “Gender imbalance in the transport sector: a toolkit for change” as part of the SuM4All Gender Working Group.

Urda Eichhorst

Project Director at NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Urda Eichhorst is a Project Director at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). She heads the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia, which operates in Vietnam, India and China and on regional level, aiming to shift the discourse on transforming transport towards full decarbonization of the sector in Asia. Urda consults partner countries on their climate strategies in the transport sector and related transparency frameworks. She has 15 years of experience working on the transport and climate nexus, including both mitigation and adaptation in transport. Urda holds a Master of Science in "Environmental Change and Management" from the University of Oxford (with a focus on climate change, energy policy, adaptation).

Verena Flues

Component Lead Transport & Climate Change at GIZ/ TraCS

Verena Flues gained a degree in Political Science and specialization in Environmental Politics from the University Sciences Po in Paris and National Autonomous University in Mexico City. Currently, she is pursuing a second Masters’ degree (MSc) in Transport Planning and Engineering at Napier University Edinburgh. Before joining GIZ, she gained valuable experience in the fields of waste, energy and biodiversity conservation at the German Ministry for the Environment and different civil society organizations. Since 2016, Verena has been working with National and City governments in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic) North and Subsaharan Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya) to develop transport climate strategies and sustainable mobility policies.

Lorena Freitas

Travel Demand Management Coordinator at ITDP Brazil

Lorena Freitas is a geographer who has worked as a Geosciences Coordinator at the CEPERJ Foundation (Rio de Janeiro State Centre for Statistics, Research and Training of Public Servants Foundation). She was a member of the Centre of Transport and Tourism Strategic Planning at the University of Rio de Janeiro where she was involved in projects focused on active and sustainable mobility. Lorena holds a master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the Transportation Engineering Program at the University of Rio de Janeiro, where she is now a PhD student in the same program. Her research focuses on the mobility of people with disabilities in urban centers. Nowadays she works as a Travel Demand Management Coordinator at ITDP (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy) Brazil.

Aimee Gauthier

Chief Knowledge Officer at ITDP

Aimée Gauthier is the Chief Knowledge Officer at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), where she has been working since 2002. She leads the Global Program, which focuses on global research, impact evaluation, capacity building, and campaigns on sustainable and equitable transport and urban development. She has been leading the work at ITDP on understanding access through different lenses, such as gender, caregivers, and persons with disabilities.

Engr. Emmanuel John

President, Chief Executive Officer of Ochenuell Mobility

Emmanuel is a sustainable transport and road safety expert, and CEO of Ochenuel Mobility. Emmanuel also leads several regional projects and initiatives including Chair of the Capacity Building for NGOs and Civil Society Work Group at the UNEP/WALK21 Africa Network for Walking and Cycling. He is the project lead for West and Central Africa in the Development of the Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility, and more recently, he became a member of the Advisory Board of the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure. He is the author of 9 books and a regular keynote speaker at conferences across the world.

Kristina Kebeck

Founding Member of WMW Initiative

Kristina is a sustainable future advocate, experienced in transport policy. She worked for 15 years in companies and institutions across Germany, the UK, and Australia. Currently, Kristina is a research associate at the City of Cologne Climate Protection and Coordination Office. She champions gender equality in transport through Women Mobilize Women (WMW) Conference, which she co-developed and won the GIZ-Gender-Award for in 2020. Kristina has worked on energy efficiency, sustainable resource management, and transport and climate policies for renowned research institutes, NGOs, and private companies at the EU level.

Lindsey Mancini

Senior Director - Membership, Marketing and Services at UITP

With a master’s degree from the University of St Andrews, UK, Lindsey Mancini joined UITP (International Association of Public Transport) in 2005. Over the years she has performed a wide variety of functions including managing the activities related to Security, IT+Digitalisation and Waterborne Transport. In 2018, Lindsey was appointed Head of Secretary General’s Office, directly supporting the Secretary General with all aspects of running of the association. In February 2023, Lindsey was appointed member of the Management Board and Senior Director of the Member Services Department, responsible for the delivery of UITP events, exhibitions and training programmes. She is also responsible for UITP’s diversity & inclusion policy.

Keisha Mayuga

Director at AltMobility PH, Founder of Life Cycles Philippines

An environmental planner from Manila, The Philippines, and outspoken advocate for getting women and girls on bikes, Keisha Mayuga is the founder of Life Cycles Philippines, a group dedicated to providing bikes to frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is an integral member of Move As One Coalition and AltMobility Philippines, two groups which push for better public transport and safer bike infrastructure in Metro Manila.

Naomi Mwaura

Founder and CEO of Flone Initiative

Founder of the Flone Initiative, an organization at the forefront of creating a safe and professional public transport industry in Kenya, Naomi Mwaura was also one of the lead organizers of the MyDressMyChoice campaign that saw thousands of women protest gender-based violence in Kenyan public transport. She has been featured in Forbes Women and was named one of the BBC’s 100 Inspirational and Influential Women.

Cyprine Odada

Executive Director of Critical Mass Nairobi

A mother, urban planner, and avid cyclist from Nairobi, Kenya, Cyprine Odada is working to transform African cities to cycling cities as the Organizer of Critical Mass Nairobi, the largest gathering of non-competitive cyclists in Africa.

Angie Palacios

Urban Mobility and Public Spaces Coordinator in the Habitat and Urban Mobility Development Unit at CAF (Development Bank of Latin America)

Angie Palacios is the Urban Mobility and Public Spaces Coordinator at CAF - Development Bank of Latin America. From her current position, she contributes to the development of strategies that aim at reducing inequality in the urban transport planning processes in Latin America with a vision of intersectionality between gender and other dimensions of inequality. Angie is a Fellow with the Public Voices Fellowship on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls of Equality Now and The OpEd Project. She holds a master’s degree in Economic and Political Development from Columbia University in New York City and is accredited with the Gender Professional Credential from the GenderPro Alliance and George Washington University. She is Ecuadorian and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge

Global Director for Transport at the World Bank

Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge is the Global Director for the Transport Sector in the Infrastructure Practice Group of the World Bank. He joined the World Bank in 2002 as a Young Professional and he has since held various positions in the Transport Global Practice, managing World Bank-financed transport investments in multiple regions, including North Africa and the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa. Prior to joining the World Bank, Nicolas worked in the French Ministry of Economy and Industry and in the French Treasury.

María Fernanda Ramírez-Bernal

Safe and Sustainable Mobility Lead at Despacio

María Fernanda has been with the Despacio research center since 2019. She is the current Safe and Sustainable Mobility lead. She is in charge of leading and coordinating projects that focus on sustainable transportation by alternative modes and road safety according to the safe system approach. She has special experience in advocacy, social approaches and capacity building projects. Her background as a civil engineer and an urban planner allows her to fill the gap between the technical and social approaches to safe and sustainable physical environment planning and design.

Anuela Ristani

Deputy Mayor of Tirana, Albania

A mother of two young children and climate advocate, Anuela Ristani is the Deputy Mayor of Tirana Albania, for Sustainable Development and International Relations. Prior to joining local government, she established the National Youth Service and opened the first youth centers in Albania’s major cities.

Andrea San Gil Leon

Founder of the Center for Urban Sustainability and Co-Founder and Director of Agile City Partners

Co-founder and director of Agile City Partners, Andrea San Gil León was named one of Latin America most important female figures working in the transport sector by the Inter-American Development Bank in celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021. Andrea is passionate about reducing social vulnerability and increasing quality of life through city design and sustainable solutions, which makes her a great feminist leader.

Sonal Shah

Founder of The Urban Catalysts and CEO of C-SEC

Founder of The Urban Catalysts and Executive Director of C-SEC (Centre for Sustainable and Equitable Cities), Sonal Shah is a multi-sectoral professional with 18 years of experience in catalysing urban change through action-oriented research, knowledge tools, technical advisory, capacity development, and implementation support. The Urban Catalysts have worked across the Middle East, South and Central Asia; mainstreamed gender and social inclusion in $9 billion investments in public transport and road safety in India. Sonal is also responsible for introducing a gender-perspective in India’s urban planning guidelines, a first for the country.

Diego Suarez

District Secretariat of Mobility of Bogotá

Diego Suarez is a specialist in traffic and transport. He holds a master’s degree in engineering with an emphasis on transport and roads. Diego has worked as a consultant for transit and transport projects in different cities and as professor at the University of Colombia. Moreover, he holds a teaching position at EADIC Engineering and Business School. Currently, he is the Deputy Director of Infrastructure at the District Secretariat of Mobility of Bogotá. He focuses on inclusion and sustainable development in order to the help the transformation towards green cities.

Brownen Thornton

CEO of Walk21

Bronwen Thornton holds a degree in Sociology and Communications and is the Chief Executive Officer of Walk21, a global network leading the movement for walkable cities. Bronwen works with local communities and global partners to make cities more walkable and with that more sustainable, equitable and livable. She is an expert, facilitator and trainer on promoting walkable communities all around the world with the necessary tools, research and engagement.

Christine Toetzke

Director General Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern/South Eastern Europe Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Christine Toetzke is the new Director General for Asia, South Eastern and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development since February 2022. Her responsibilities include bilateral development cooperation in these regions. Previously, she held the position of Director for European Union and multilateral development policy at the same ministry, covering cooperation with the EU, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and UN development agencies. Toetzke has diplomas in Economics and Political Sciences from the University of Cologne and lives in Berlin.

Dr. Kalpana Viswanath

Co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, board member of SLOCAT

Dr. Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, a social enterprise using data and technology to support cities to become safer, more inclusive and smarter. Safetipin collects data about safety in public spaces through multiple sources including the MySafetipin app which is a free crowd sourcing app and works with governments to use this data for better planning and maintenance. She also acts as a board member at SLOCAT and member of the Advisory Group on Gender Issues at UN Habitat and is Chairperson of Jagori, a leading women’s rights NGO, and Board member of the International Center for the Prevention of Crime.

Dr. Frank Weiler

Team Leader Urban and Social Development Latin America at KfW Entwicklungsbank

Frank Weiler is Head of Division “Sustainable Mobility and Social Development” for Latin America at KfW Entwicklungsbank (Development Bank) in Frankfurt/Germany. Frank joined KfW in 2003 and has worked in different positions such as Head of Governance Division in the Sub-Sahara Africa Department and Policy Division Transport and Communication Asia. Before joining KfW Frank worked for GOPA-Consultants, in his last position as Head of the IT for Development Division. Frank studied computer science and economics in Germany, France and Colombia and obtained both his diploma and a doctoral degree in economics from Darmstadt Technical University (TUD) in Germany.

#FeministVoicesInTransport is the TUMI2023 focus topic

Study Tour and Award Ceremony for Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport 2023

On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Women Mobilize Women welcomed Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport to its first High-Level Study Tour and Award Ceremony to Berlin, Germany from February 27 to March 3, 2023.

The study tour focused on enabling dialogue with experts and representatives of relevant institutions and organizations in Germany and award winners of the “Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport 2023” publication. The aim was to jointly identify how gender-transformative approaches strenghten the global mobility transition and become a prerequisite for just mobility solutions. The high-level experts had the chance to discuss challenges and best practices in the field of just mobility and gender under the impulses of Germany‘s feminist development policy.

With the exciting Award Ceremony on March 2, the Remarkable Feminist Voices Week ended on a high note. In inspiring panel discussions and keynote speeches, invited experts shared their visions for realizing a feminist reimagining of our transport systems and our cities.

Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport 2023

This volume of Remarkable Women in Transport is a special issue for us. Our 2023 anniversary edition aims to showcase the power of diverse visions for feminist transport policy. It is time to to listen and learn from each other to better understand the diversity of feminist measures in transport.

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Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport 2023

Previous editions

Ever since the first edition in 2019, TUMI and WMW have honoured a vast and diverse selection of Remarkable Women in the transport sector in the annual publication. Find here the publications of the Remarkable Women of the past years.

Learn about over 180 visions for feminist urban transport in our previous editions. Just browse and get inspired!

TUMI and WMW welcome seeing shifts of mindset towards more inclusive societies beyond the mobility sector.

With the new approach of feminist development policy, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is showing a clear commitment in the fight against global gender injustice. We are proud to be able to advance the feminist approach for the global mobility sector on behalf of BMZ.

Publication by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative via Women Mobilize Women

Implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

on behalf of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

In cooperation with the TUMI Partners

Asian Development Bank (ADB) | C40 Cities – Climate Leadership Group | Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH | ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability | Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP)| Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW) | SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport | UN-Habitat | World Resources Institute (WRI)

Report by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

In cooperation with the TUMI Partners