Raising Awareness

The ITF has been leading global efforts to build awareness on gender-based violence and harassment and its impacts on the transport sector. 

C190 is for everyone, but as we know women are disproportionally impacted by gender based violence and harassment, ITF is utilising C190 as a critical opportunity to bring a cultural shift in the transport industry by broadening how we define and understand the "world of work", the forms, factors and impacts of violence. 

Through training programmes, capacity-building initiatives, and practical resources—including the C190 Training Toolkit—we are supporting unions to recognise gender-based violence as a core labour issue that directly affects transport workers. 

This work helps shift the narrative from viewing violence as a private or individual issue to addressing it as a systemic workplace issue rooted in systemic inequality. 

By raising awareness and supporting union-led action, we are empowering women transport workers to organise, lead, and demand change—making C190 not just a tool for protection, but a driver of real transformation.