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• Action to organise ‘informal’ and young women transport workers or women in ‘non-­‐traditional’ transport roles


• Action to tackle and end under-­‐representation of women transport workers in transport unions and ensuring full recognition of women transport workers in the ITF and its affiliates


2. Organising women transport workers to build strong unions by sharing and developing best practice with ITF affiliates in industrial sections and world regions. Focusing on organising strategic women workers in the transport supply chain, particularly in logistics’ technological and administrative hubs and corridors where women workers are concentrated. Working with affiliates organising campaigns which target precarious women workers in jobs such as cleaning, catering and call centres.


3. Pro-­‐actively fighting the effects of the crises on women transport workers across the globe through mobilising and campaigning for ‘Our Public Transport’. Building alliances with communities to promote sustainable transport which enables women to access employment, childcare and health services.


4. Strengthening ITF affiliates’ campaigns to combat violence against women at the global and regional level, including building alliances with global organisations that are at the forefront of this work, involving both women and men transport workers and supporting an ILO Convention on gender-­‐based violence and sexual harassment in the workplace. The ITF Women Transport Workers Committee to take forward plans to hold a major ITF Conference on Violence against Women Transport Workers during 2014-­‐2018.


5. Supporting transport unions, ITF sections and regions to implement action on equality and women’s representation, including leadership development programmes, quotas, strengthening Women’s Committees, Conferences and Coordinators and continuing to monitor outcomes and women’s participation.


6. Linking with the ITUC “Count us in” Campaign and expanding the ITF Women’s Leadership programme “Leading Change” to support ITF affiliates to build new, diverse and representative, generations of leaders at all levels who strategize, motivate, mobilise and mentor sisters to build strong unions for the next generations.


ITF Women are part of a global movement of women on the march. There can be no compromise on women’s rights. We are building stronger unions with women in leadership at all levels. ITF unions must stand firm for women’s equality and gender justice, and take action to advance the demands and aspirations of women at work, in the community and in the union.


The conference endorsed this statement to go forward to congress. Agenda Item 4: Motions


Following the violence against women fringe event, where the MUA led the male participants to take the ‘not violent, not silent’ pledge, the conference agreed to request that the same pledge be taken in plenary in support of motion 11 on violence against women.


Holland clarified that there had been an error in the Spanish translation of motion F and that the wording should read each delegation consisting of three or more persons, shall include one woman.


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