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A Gender-Transformative Approach to Climate Action For Women Transport Workers

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Climate change is not gender neutral – women are proven to be more vulnerable to exploitation from the impacts of climate change due to their different social roles, discriminatory and unequal access to resources, decision-making bodies and technology. 

Ensuring a gender equal just transition must be a priority as the transport industry responds to the climate crisis, to ensure the systemic exclusion of women transport workers and existing power imbalances in the industry is not only recognised, but challenged.

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