ETF Women's Committee

About the ETF Women’s Committee

May 2005

The ETF Women’s Committee consists of 1 representative for each ETF section and 12 members elected by the ETF Women’s Conference taking into account the need for a regional and industrial balance.

The section representatives are nominated by each ETF section prior to the ETF Congress. They are:

Lena Moberg-Lindwall, Railway Transport (Statsjänstemannaförbundet ST, Sweden)
Sylvie Roux, Fisheries (CFDT Pescas, France)
Tanja Ruhloff, Road Transport (Ver.di, Germany)
Satu Silta, Maritime Transport (Finnish Seamen’s Union, Finland)
Kaia Vask, Ports (Estonian Seamen's Independent Union, Estonia)
Ekaterina Yordanova, Civil Aviation (Union of Transport Workers' Syndicates in Bulgaria, Bulgaria)
vacant, Inland Navigation
vacant, Tourism

The 12 Women's Committee members are elected once every 4 years by the ETF Women’s Conference. The 12 members include 6 Women Representatives in the ETF Executive Committee and 1 Women Representative in the ETF Management Committee.

The 12 elected members of the ETF Women’s Committee 2005-2009


Erika Young Italy	Chair of Women´s Committee Women representative to ETF Management Committee and ETF Executive Committee	FILT-CGIL
Brigitta Paas The Netherlands	Vice Chair of Women´s Committee	FNV Bondgenoten
Ariadna Abeltina Latvia		Latvian Seafarers´ Union of Merchant Fleet
VACANT	Women representative to ETF Executive Committee
Valérie Delage France		CGT Transports
Katri Hook Finland		AKT
Anna-Karin Johansson Sweden		HTF
Panayiota Kouri Greece		Panhellenic Railway Federation
Maria Antonia Martinez Spain	Women representative to ETF Executive Committee	CC.OO
Katarina Mindum Croatia	Women representative to ETF Executive Committee	Railway Workers’ Trade Union of Croatia
Colette Parsons Great-Britain	Women representative to ETF Executive Committee	TGWU
Regina Rusch-Ziemba Germany	Women representative to ETF Executive Committee	Transnet