Making a Difference – Women Transport Workers in the 21st Century

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The ITF Worldwide Women Transport Workers’ Conference on 3-4 February 2010 will take place in London at the ITF House.

Conference aims

The Conference, will take as its theme "Making a Difference – Women Transport Workers in the 21st Century", the main aims are to:

• Examine the challenges and the opportunities for women transport workers and their communities in the globalised economy
• Share experiences of organising women transport workers in the different industrial sectors and world regions
• Provide delegates with practical tools, e.g., ITF materials on Women and Climate Change and Making Unions Stronger
• Evaluate the impact of the 2006-2010 ITF gender work programme on affiliates and the ITF secretariat
• Identify objectives and priorities to inform the ongoing ITF work programme
  
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Who should attend?

The ITF welcomes a wide range of participants, from lay members to union officers and women’s coordinators. Delegates will review the ITF’s work for women transport workers and discuss the main conference document  “Making a Difference – Women Transport Workers in the 21st Century”. This document will feed into a 2010 – 2014  ITF gender work progamme endorsed at the ITF's 42nd Congress in Mexico 2010.

Conference Information

Conference Agenda
Draft Conference Agenda and Timetable

Documents
Mutual respect policy, How to find ITF house, see "Guidelines for financial assistance" below.

Registration and practical information
On-line registration, hotel booking form, travel information, visa requirements, insurance, languages, financial assistance, childcare, where to stay

Related documents:
Making a Difference (276kb PDF)

ITF Women Transport Workers’ Conference Programme (UPDATED) (328kb PDF)

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