Qualifications, training and career opportunities
Equal access to training, re-training and reskilling opportunities for women of all ages is important as part of improving women’s access to the industry and different roles, to new jobs when transport infrastructure is introduced or upgraded or jobs are changed as a result of new technology, and to progress in the industry.
According to the ITF Equality Testing Research in 2018:
- Close to 40% of respondents indicated that women are not given the same opportunity for promotion that men are.
- 8% reported that women have no opportunity for promotion and 28% reported that women have this access in theory, but not in practice.
- About a quarter (23%) reported that women lack the same access to training as men.