There's never been a better time to be a woman in transport.
Women in Transport program
The Women in Transport program, the first of its kind in Australia, was initiated in 2017 by the then Minister for Public Transport, Hon. Jacinta Allan MP to address the gender imbalance in the public transport sector.
Investment in the program, which supports the Victorian Government’s Gender Equality Act 2020, grew from an initial $1.2 million to more than $6 million in 2021, with more members of the transport industry signing up to participate in the program.
In the Victorian Budget 2019/20, $2.404m was allocated to the Women in Transport Program, to increase women’s participation in the transport sector.
The program was underpinned by the Women in Transport Strategy 2021-24, which aimed to increase the number of women working in the transport portfolio to 30 per cent by the end of 2024 and senior role representation in public sector agencies to 50 per cent by the end of 2024 and in the private sector, to 30 per cent by end 2024.
Careers in transport
Public sector agencies:
- Department of Transport and Planning(opens in a new window)
- Victorian infrastructure Delivery Authority(opens in a new window)
- Major Roads Transport(opens in a new window)
- Level Crossing Removal Project(opens in a new window)
- North East Link Project(opens in a new window)
- Major Rail Projects(opens in a new window)
- West Gate Tunnel Authority(opens in a new window)
- Suburban Rail Loop
Operators:
- Metro Trains(opens in a new window)
- V/Line(opens in a new window)
- Yarra Trams(opens in a new window)
- Transdev(opens in a new window)
- CDC Bus(opens in a new window)
- Dyson(opens in a new window)
- Ventura Bus(opens in a new window)
- Kinetic(opens in a new window)
Transport construction partners:
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For enquiries please contact gender.equity@transport.vic.gov.au
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