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Use case: Corporate social responsibility and employment

Research study on women’s employment in the transport and logistics sector crossed with specific job positions and vacancies

The research assessed women’s needs and barriers as employees in Europe’s transport sector with the aim to translate this understanding into specific and better gender-oriented job descriptions and adapted candidate search processes.

This use case studied the key factors regarding fairness and inclusiveness of employment in order to increase the percentage of women working in the transport sector, traditionally dominated by man roles. The activities carried out in this use case will help to establish measures in order to stop discriminatory situations.

Expected results

A list of factors influencing women as workers on transport systems and the interdependences between them
Datasets about job holding in transport sector around Europe
A list of measures and recommendations for women’s inclusion to be fed in the Corporate Social Responsibility protocols of transport companies
An auto-diagnosis tool to carry out corporate self-assessments
Curriculum guidelines for transport professionals on how to handle gender needs in transport planning, as well as how to tackle opportunities based on the incorporation of more women in the sector

Employment of women in the transport sector

In most of the European Union countries, the transport sector is the economic activity in which less women are employed. According to Women in Transport – EU Platform for Change, from 11 million jobs in Europe in the transport sector in 2017, only 22% of transport employees are women. This indicates that a career in transport sector does not appear to be an attractive option for women or that it is difficult for them to be hired in these fields.

This sector presents significant challenges and barriers to the inclusion of women, such as socio-economic conditions, job and individual characteristics and personal circumstances. It is evident that the transport sector has been dominated by men and it is important to work in order to change this trend and increase the number of women working in transport.

Data collection tools

Different tools are used to gather data related to the employment in transport sector use case

Structured data: fixed data regarding the level of participation of women to the transport sector.
Surveys to employees: questionnaires focused on profiling the socio- demographic characteristics and assessing preferences of women employees in transport sector and to evaluate the employees’ satisfaction regarding job conditions and employability. The participants were asked to compare and evaluate different criteria regarding people’s needs as workers in the transport sector with the aim to increase the overall percentage of people working in the sector.
Focus groups: workshops with transport employees focused on the identification of different criteria influencing the number of woman working in the transport system.
Literature review: collection and evaluation of the available literature in studies related to corporate social responsibility and employment and women’s needs and barriers as employees in Europe’s transport sector.

Women in transport

11 million jobs in Europe in the transport sector but only 22% of transport workers are women.

Share by gender and transport mode. Source: Eurostat 2017.

Road and rail transport

Air transport

River and maritime transport

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