How to attract women to the transport sector?, Brussels - Main contents
| date | November 27, 2018 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Brussels, Belgium  |
| attending | V. (Violeta) Bulc i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
Employment and social rights, Transport and travel,
European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, is hosting a conference on the theme ‘How to attract women to the transport sector?’.
The event will gather 250 representatives from companies and employers’ organisations, transport workers and workers’ organisations, researchers and academics, public authorities and non-governmental organisations.
The morning discussions will focus on work-life balance and possible economically viable solutions to improve transport workers’ choice of shifts, while the afternoon’s discussions will aim at gathering positive insights on what are the attractors of the transport sector for women, to be used to fight negative stereotypes.
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