Advocacy to increase women’s participation across all sectors of the African economy was taken a notch higher as stakeholders observed that, despite widening skills and public scrutiny, the rail sector was still struggling to attract more women to opportunities in the industry.
They also said that the rail industry could learn and benefit from this to ensure that female talents find rail an accessible, valid career option. “There is a need to be the correct policies in place regarding sexual harassment, access to platforms to express discomfort and managers who can act against it. As leaders, we need to sensitise our corporate environment to the needs of women, to attract more women within the space.”
According to her, integrating women in the workplace is not philanthropy, as women could add up to $28 trillion to the world economy, above 26 per cent annual global gross domestic product , if given the chance.