Wednesday, April 17, 2024

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hall 7 (Concert Hall)

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The TRA2024 “Women in Transport - Agents of Change” panel will discuss: What are the challenges in attracting and retaining women in Transport roles? How to promote women in senior decision and leadership positions? Are role models important in empowering women? Are the skills, career openings, and educational requirements in the transport sector evolving? How do we influence future generations – i-Wish, STEM, etc.? What impact has culture on women in transport? Is gender balance and parity necessary? What place has positive discrimination in promoting women in transport? Are women the most untapped yet educated transport resource? What can we learn from other geographies and sectors? What are the transport career “barriers to entry?” Per the International Transport Forum (ITF), 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.  https://www.itf-oecd.org/gender-dimension-transport-workforce The European Commission report on “Gender Balance in the R&I Field to Improve the Role of Energy in the Energy Transition” emphasizes the need to promote STEM careers, with 200,000 additional women required in the EU27 energy sector by 2050 to maintain minimal gender balance. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b31c1aa0-dd36-11ee-b9d9-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

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