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ETF completes the gender equality SECTION TOUR

In November 2005 the ETF Women’s Committee proposed and the ETF Executive Committee agreed for all ETF sections to include a gender debate on the agenda of one of their bi-annual meetings.

The ETF contribution in the European gender equality action is TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION OF WOMEN WORKING IN THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY. Including the gender dimension at the ETF section level is therefore imperative. It is at this level that concrete challenges can be identified and effectively addressed.

A greater complementarity between the ETF gender and section policies is part of the ETF Gender Equality Action Plan 2005 – 2009. In November 2005 the ETF Women’s Committee proposed and the ETF Executive Committee agreed for all ETF sections to include a gender debate on the agenda of one of their bi-annual meetings. The ‘section tour’ was completed by September 2006, and the outcome was presented before the ETF Executive Committee at the beginning of October 2006.

The ETF Women’s Committee further analysed the outcome of the section tour and, together with the Executive Committee, agreed on follow-up action:

A mid-term ETF women’s conference – one day dedicated to gender and sections (exchange of information of section initiatives…)
Support the sections to take specific gender action and research to address the key issues as identified during the section tour (many sections did actually acknowledge the lack of gender specific data and information)
Encourage the future ETF logistics working group to study the situation of women in logistics
Future debates in the Executive Committee, from a gender perspective, on work flexibility, violence in the workplace, agency work
A campaign on the quality of working conditions for women workers, in sectors such as Maritime (cruise vessels), Inland Waterways (hotel boats), Civil Aviation (low cost carriers)
A second ‘section tour’ in 2008 to assess progress with section action in the field of gender equality prior to ETF Women’s Conference (2009)

See summary of ‘section tour’ outcome and full reports on section gender debate (selection) below.

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