Gender Imbalance in the Transport Sector: A Toolkit for Change

Only 17% of transport workers are women. At the same time, occupational segregation is widely visible, and women remain heavily underrepresented in engineering and technical roles. Although recognition for the need for action is growing, no significant improvement has been observed in the situation since 2010.

Building upon findings from the SuM4All Global Roadmap for Action (GRA), which called for the transport sector to address key barriers inhibiting women from accessing decent work in transport, the SuM4All Gender Working Group conducted a study which was funded by FIA Foundation and developed a toolkit that identifies five key action areas and provides good practice examples on inclusive recruitment, retention and career development. It covers all transport modes.

POLIS, FIA Foundation, Walk21, and Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) will host a media event on May 24^th from 11:45 to 12:30 at CCL, MPA 1 (Media Centre) of the ITF Summit 2023 being held in Leipzig to officially launch the new toolkit.

The toolkit is designed to tackle inequity in a targeted and effective way. It also provides targeted and detailed recommendations for action, complemented by in-depth case studies, which examine the critical guidance required for others seeking to kick-start or scale up their own initiatives through positive action. The toolkit seeks to support all actors—individuals, organizations, representative bodies, and others—looking to initiate or develop actions to address the prevailing gender imbalance, by highlighting what does and does not work.

Speakers:

• Isobel Duxfield, POLIS, co-author of the report
• Heather Allen, Consultant, co-author of the report
• Alana Dave, International Transport Workers Federation
• Binyam Reja, World Bank
• Magda Olczak, International Transport Forum

Moderator:

• Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation

Registration

This event will be held within the ITF Summit 2023 taking place in Leipzig from 24 to 26 May. To attend the press event, you have to be a registered participant in the ITF summit.

For more information on the programme and registrations, visit the ITF Website.

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