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Women, Work and Transport by Tessa Wright; Lucy Budd; Stephen Ison is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Women, Work and Transport about?

Women play an essential role in the transport workforce worldwide, working in formal and informal jobs in public transport, road freight and logistics, rail, maritime and aviation sectors, in ports and in active travel. Women, Work and Transport is an international collection that brings together researchers with global expertise in gender and transport work to provide original evidence of the experiences of women working in all transport modes across countries in the Global North and the Global South. The 21 chapters reveal the everyday challenges faced by women working in highly masculinised environments, including gender stereotypes about women's lack of suitability for transport work, gender-based violence and harassment, limited opportunities for promotion and progression, inflexible work patterns, poor working conditions, and lack of gender-specific facilities. The transport sector has also been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in widespread furlough and redundancies. The effect of the pandemic on women's work in transport is addressed, while other chapters also reveal how women have succeeded in transport occupations, with the support of mentoring sch

Who reads Women, Work and Transport?

Author

Tessa Wright; Lucy Budd; Stephen Ison

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781800716711

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Business, Social Science