National Convening & Report Launch: ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š?


On ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ 25, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค is bringing together policymakers, researchers, practitioners, artists – and most importantly, commuters themselves for a national convening at ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ก๐ข to discuss the future of womenโ€™s mobility.

At the heart of the convening is the ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ that examines how fare-free and subsidised bus schemes for women have been implemented across 10 cities โ€” and what theyโ€™ve meant for mobility, access, and agency.

At the heart of this event is a bold question:
๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’˜๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’-๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’”?

The day will feature:
๐Ÿ”น Expert panels on gender, mobility, and policy
๐Ÿ”น Roundtables with civil society, researchers, and government
๐Ÿ”น Lived experience storytelling from commuters
๐Ÿ”น The launch of findings from a multi-state study on fare-free and subsidised bus schemes for women

๐ŸŽจ We’re also hosting ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Š๐ข ๐๐š๐š๐ญ โ€” an immersive creative showcase of voices from the ground through art, video, and installation, ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ 25โ€“26 ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

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