These high-level discussions brought together policymakers, public and private sector leaders, as well as development partners, to explore practical solutions to challenges around mobility and health equity with the aim of shaping the agenda for the Gender and Inclusion Summit 2025 (GS-25).
Narrating her harrowing experience, colloquially termed “one chance”, at the Pre-GS-25 Mobility for All Breakfast Show, a student from the Miva Open University of Nigeria shared, “Each time I see a black car with a male driver, I’ m reminded of what happened to me. I was pushed out of a moving car and had my phone stolen. When I landed, a passerby told me that just days before, a woman had been stabbed in the same spot.”
Her account, along with that of a person with a disability – describing the indignity of an inefficient, unsafe public transport system, brought Nigerians’ raw, lived realities into sharp focus. These personal narratives reinforced the urgency of gender-responsive and inclusive mobility planning.
