The Gender Divide In Transport

Report Published 09 Dec 2025

The Gender Divide In Transport: Understanding The Barriers And Impacts For Women’s Exclusion From Decent Jobs In Ghana And Senegal

Women are an important part of the transport workforce globally. But evidence suggest that there is major inequality in access to jobs and decent working opportunities in the transport sector. Growing visibility of women’s exclusion from transport has resulted in the ITF transforming a demand from ‘ending gender- based occupational segregation in transport’ to ‘ending the systemic exclusion of women from decent jobs in transport.’

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