The total proportion of women working in the railway sector and in certain specific professions increased between 2018 and 2023, rising from an average of 21% to 23%, according to a report by the Community of European Railways (CER) published on Tuesday 2 September.
The study reveals major disparities between employee groups: 5% of train drivers are women, compared with 40% of on-board personnel. Women now make up just under 30% of top and middle management, 28% and 29% respectively, and 34% of company boards. Around 60% of companies have specific targets for the share of women, even more for the share of women in company management.
In addition, 25% of the new recruits in 2023 were women. In this area, “rail companies are particularly likely to have implemented specific PR measures, while training programmes for non-discriminatory recruitment are used somewhat less frequently”, according to the CER.
To read the report: https://aeur.eu/f/i8u (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)