WOMEN EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT: CHALLENGES AND GOOD PRACTICE FROM A SURFACE TRANSPORT PERSPECTIVE

Webinar | 14th December 2020 14:00 – 16:00 PM UK time (15:00 – 17:00 PM CET)

The DIAMOND Project invites you to take part in an interactive webinar conference to discuss the barriers and facilitators faced by women as employees across the transport sector.

Transport plays an important role in our economies and societies and has a large impact on growth and employment. A recent EU report claimed that the transport industry directly employs around 10 million people and accounts for about 5% of gross domestic product (GDP). Currently, Women account for only 22% of the work force in the transport sector affecting employment equality and diversity in perspectives.

To create a fair and inclusive society where equality of outcome is important and where no-one is disadvantaged relative to another by virtue of their gender, the European Union (EU) commissioned project DIAMOND to collect and analyse gender disaggregated data to develop a toolbox for transport equity analysis to enhance fair employment for women in the transport sector. To this end we have been collecting primary data from across Europe, the UK and Ireland to identify the barriers and facilitators of women employees across the sector in order to develop guidelines for transport operators to help them improve the fair and inclusive recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in the sector.

Topics for discussion

• Exploring the challenges faced and good practices found in transport organisations surrounding women as employees
• The development of a benchmarking or maturity model for fairness in women’s employment in the transport sector
• A workshop discussion to summarise key areas of future work and data collection

 Register HERE

*https://diamond-project.eu/webinar-women-employed-in-transport/