Ask the Author: “The Gender Dimension of the Transport Workforce"
ITF Meeting
Online event via zoom. 11:00 CEST
In this 30-minute online presentation and Q&A, author Wei-Shiuen Ng and co-author Ashley Acker present the paper “The Gender Dimension of the Transport Workforce." Women remain underrepresented in most transport-related industries, with only 17% female employees on average across a sample of 46 countries. Both attracting and retaining them remains a challenge for governments and the private sector. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between female participation in the transport workforce and variables such as GDP per capita, education and labour laws. It also provides recommendations on how to develop policies and measures that will enable gender equality in the transport workforce. Wei-Shiuen Ng is an Advisor, Sustainable Transport & Global Outreach, and Ashley Acker is a Database Officer at the International Transport Forum.
For more information and to download the discussion paper:
https://www.itf-oecd.org/gender-dimension-transport-workforce