43c/WConf/Report Agenda Item 2: Congress Theme Document


The Conference adopted the Congress theme document. The theme document incorporated the objectives arising from the women’s conference in Delhi in January 2014. Agenda Item 3: Four Year Work Programme The Conference adopted the related priorities for 2014-­‐2018, as presented.


Alison McGarry, ITF Women Transport Workers’ coordinator referred the conference to the congress theme document, the women’s policy document from global crisis to global justice: women transport workers fighting back , the report from ITF women transport workers conference in New Delhi and the 2014-­‐2018 work programme.


McGarry outlined the 2010-­‐2014 making a difference priority programme, the challenges facing women transport workers and the proposed 2014-­‐2018 priority programme from global crisis to global justice: women transport workers fighting back.


The report on activities (2010-­‐2014) and the four-­‐year plan were presented by the following women: • Seema Mohan, India Dockworkers organiser, TDWU, India • Fatima Aguado, joint chair of ITF young workers committee, CCOO, Spain • Zeinabou Habou Barma, informal workers project, SYNATRA, Niger • Mary Liew, Asia Pacific women’s committee representative , SMOU, Singapore • Tracey Mayhew, fisheries women’s committee representative, SIU, United States • Arlette Gay Schifferli, Latin America women’s committee representative, STCLA, Chile • Kalthoum Barkallah, vice-­‐chair of women’s committee, FNCT, Tunisia • Susan Ayoyi, Africa women’s committee representative, Dockworkers Union Kenya • Mich-­‐elle Myers, Asia Pacific women’s committee representative, MUA, Australia • Olga Vakulenko, Europe women’s committee representative, ROSPROFZHEL, Russia • Wilma Clement, Road transport women’s committee representative, BWU, Barbados • Alicia Castro, ITF executive board and Latin America women’s committee representative, AAA, Argentina


• Elaine Bernard, Labour and Worklife program, Harvard University • Brigitta Paas, ITF women’s vice president, FNV Bondgenoten, Netherlands • Sheela Naikwade, Maharashtra State Road Transport Union, India • Leslie Dias, North America women’s committee representative, Unifor, Canada • Alma Teresa Gonzalez Avilez, Latin America women’s representative, ATM, Mexico • Valerie Latron, Europe women’s committee representative, CFDT, France • Kalpana Desai, ITF ports of convenience coordinator, TDWU Mumbai, India


Holland outlined the new ITF women’s programme, from global crisis to global justice, which focuses on organising, strengthening women’s representation and campaigning on violence against women and our public services. She encouraged all participants to send in ‘NO’ to violence photos to women@itf.org.uk to continue to build the campaign.


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