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The following issues for women were raised in the plenary discussion: • Support for the ITF’s global violence against women campaign and actions that unions are already taking. This issue was raised by over half of the speakers.


• Violation of human and labour rights in Qatar airways. • Solidarity with Palestine – the ending of violence and the removal of checkpoints, • There was concern about reduced health and safety consciousness, bullying and harassment, sexual harassment, age and gender discrimination, wage inequalities, maternity rights and access to childcare, provision for women workers with responsibility for caring for older dependants, privatisation and declining working conditions, and support for women’s career development and job opportunities.


• Education and training; leadership, violence against women, organising, HIV/AIDS, bullying and harassment, health and safety.


• Development of regional networks. • Ebola outbreak in West Africa • Human trafficking • Stop gender segregation of toys to encourage more women into the transport industry.


The conference agreed to express its support for the ITF Qatar Airways campaign and that there would be a call for the World Cup to be withdrawn from Qatar.


Alison McGarry, ITF Women Transport Workers’ Coordinator thanked all the participants for their contribution. McGarry agreed that health and safety, work life balance, maternity rights and older women workers’ issues would be incorporated in the 2014-­‐2018 work programme.


The following statement was adopted by the women’s conference in Delhi and provided the priorities for the 2014-­‐2018 work programme.


This Congress congratulates the ITF Women Transport Workers’ Committee and ITF Worldwide Women Transport Workers Conference 2014, for ensuring the ITF work programme with women transport workers 2010-­‐2014, made a real difference in workplaces, communities, unions, regions across the globe.


Congress further recommits to mobilising and organising women transport workers to tackle the disastrous effects of globalisation including economic and climate change crises facing women transport workers and to strengthen unions to meet these challenges.


To this end, Congress instructs the ITF Women Transport Workers Committee and ITF women’s department to work with ITF affiliates, sections, regions and the ITF secretariat to implement the Action Plan 2014-­‐2018. The Action Plan is outlined in the conclusions and recommendations of the ITF Women Transport Workers Conference included in ‘Global crisis to global justice: women transport workers fighting back’ which prioritises organising women transport workers; the elimination of violence against women transport workers; tackling under-­‐representation and developing women transport workers’ leadership at all levels; and combatting the effects of the global crises on women transport workers worldwide:


1. Recognition of the powerful achievements of Women Transport Workers worldwide, including mobilisation on 8th March and 25th November ensuring support and resources for on-­‐going struggles, including:


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