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  5. Women transport workers and the crisis

Research project

Women transport workers and the crisis

  • Start date: 1 January 2012
  • End date: 1 July 2012
  • Value: £20,000

Description

International Transport Federation, (Stuart, M., Forde, C., Holgate, J. and Tomlinson, J.), Jan-July 2012. £20,000. This was a study providing both quantitative and qualitative research on women transport workers and the economic crisis. The research involved a literature review of the impact of the crisis on women workers internationally, a number of qualitative case studies of selected sectors in the transport sector, and a quantitative analysis of data sets including ILO, BLS and LFS.