Women transport workers, our research in Antalya
On 25 September 2024, the results of the research Women Transport Workers. Making the transport sector fit for women to work in - How to use the twin transition for the benefit of women in transport through gender mainstreaming? conducted by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini were presented during a workshop in Antalya, Turkey.
The research is part of the Delivering Fair Transport for All (DFT4A) project, led by the European Transport Federation with the aim to investigate and assess the impact of the ecological and digital transitions on the presence and working conditions of women in various transport sub-sectors within EU countries.
The workshop was attended by representatives from the Women's Committee of the European Transport Federation, and provided a platform to discuss both the quantitative and qualitative impacts of the twin transitions on the transport sector, with a specific focus on women's employment, both in the present and future.
"The interplay between social, technological, economic, ecological, and political factors within the twin transition makes the issue particularly complex and introduces multiple risks," explained Silvia Sansonetti, Head of FGB's Gender Equality Unit and coordinator of the study. "However, the research and the experience of the two organisations involved allowed us to identify good practices and opportunities to promote women's participation in the transport sector."
The workshop played a crucial role in finalising and refining a set of practical recommendations for policymakers and employers, focusing on policies and actions to address systemic barriers and improve opportunities for women in transport, which included mitigating the negative impacts of the green and digital transitions.
From the discussions, the need emerged to: integrate skills training into all sectoral policies, support women's participation to ensure they can fully benefit from the green and digital transitions, ensure that improvements in workers' rights and environmental measures are legally binding and not subject to investor-state arbitration, and closely monitor the implementation of the EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence in member states.
