Creating safe and inclusive environments is a top priority for the UK Government. It has signed up to several international commitments in this area, including Sustainable Development Goal 11 to ‘make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’, with a target that directly contributes to addressing women and girls’ safety in public spaces. Women construction workers are vulnerable to sexual harassment and abuse, exacerbated by the traditionally male working environment. In this document, ICED explores key opportunities and promising practice to reduce the risks of violence against women and girls in construction.
Reducing violence against women and girls in construction
This work was carried out under the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) facility.
ICED supported DFID country offices, central teams and ODA-spending Other Government Departments to deliver DFID’s Economic Development Strategy by scaling up programming and investment in infrastructure and cities. It operated between February 2016 and July 2019.
