Advancing Gender in the Environment: Gender and Urban Services

The brief focuses on gender gaps and gender-responsive opportunities for urban development as part of the Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) program. The AGENT program aims to increase the effectiveness of USAID's environment programming through robust gender integration and improve gender equality and women's empowerment outcomes in a broad range of environmental sectors. The brief provides an overview of key gender issues related to the delivery and use of four basic urban services: water and sanitation, waste management, energy, and transportation and mobility. It also highlights illustrative gender strategies, best practices, and lessons learned from USAID projects and activities, as well as gender and urban resources and further reading recommendations.