A new report calls on transport employers to do more to tackle domestic violence amongst its predominantly male staff with key recommendations for how to do this. The report details how workplaces are at greater risk of accidents, injuries and fatalities when men engage in domestic violence at work. The report was produced by the […]
Transport workers together for a gender equal new normal The transport industry is highly gendered, and whilst all transport workers are being severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be specific and additional impacts for women transport workers. As the International Labour Organization (ILO) has recognised, the challenges arising out of this crisis have […]
The latest, special ITF podcast looking at the Covid-19 crisis has heard about the particular effects on working women. ITF project specialist (ending violence against women transport workers) Kim Rojas talks to Lisa Kelly and Eva Guta. Lisa Kelly is the national director of the women’s department from Unifor the union, Canada, and Eva Guta […]
On a special podcast to mark International Women’s Day, professor Tessa Wright (left) is interviewed by Jodi Evans To mark International Women’s Day 2020, the ITF has produced a podcast looking at the persistent problem of gender segregation in the transport industry. Jodi Evans, ITF women transport workers and gender equality officer, talks with professor […]
On World Toilet Day, 19 November 2019, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching a Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter, because toilet rights are human rights. The charter provides guidance on what action should be taken by employers and governments to ensure access to toilets for transport workers, and includes a checklist for workers and […]
