Benefits of more women and girls involved in cycling go beyond the personal level

Sure, it is good to look at the personal level first. Without direct personal benefit it would be hard to promote cycling.

Women that pick up cycling feel empowered by their active participation in an activity that used to be connected with 'masculine' values. Also, they break the stereotypes that enforce the idea that women should remain in private space, that they should limit their activities, and that they should always be accompanied in order to feel safe.

Many women that use the bicycle save money (money that they would normally use to pay for transportation) and time. This extra time will often not only benefit the woman herself, but also her family. She might be able to work more hours and earn more money. Or she has more time to help the children with their homework, or whatever she feels she should do with this extra time.

Another imported one is that a healthier lifestyle, doing daily exercise, eliminates illnesses caused by lack of movement that normally affect the working class in modern cities. In Santiago (Chili) the percentage of women with this sedentary lifestyle is over 75%. Age 10-24 it is already 76,3% as described in the Carpeta Digital by Macleta.

On the political level more women on bicycles would oblige the people that construct the public politics and plans of the city to take into account the specific necessities that women, and the people they accompany, have to move about in the city. This is taking into account that these people generally know the cities, their difficulties, and necessities (better than the planners).

And the societal benefits, do I need to mention them?

In short. The use of the bicycle decreases the air contamination and CO2 emissions. Less room for parking space, less speedy traffic. The bicycle also permits us to move within the city in a distinct manner, with more contact with people, the dynamics, and the problems that each city presents. It promotes a larger independence to move about, without depending on economic factors. And there are less public health costs.