Who we are
Women in Trucking Australia is a non-profit public company limited by guarantee, founded BY female heavy vehicle drivers FOR female heavy vehicle drivers. Established for the long-haul.
WiTA’s strategic priorities will focus on:
- Enhancing female awareness, interest and participation in the vocation of heavy vehicle driver (HVD)
- Exploring and dismantling barriers to ensure the full and equal participation of women in trucking
- Advocating for tangible employment outcomes for newly licensed female HVD’s
- Encouraging continued discussion around effective engagement strategies
- Connecting newly licensed female drivers with experienced female mentors
- Promoting dialogue and encouraging feedback around critical issues that affect female HVD’s
- Encouraging experienced female HVD’s to share their insights, personal journeys and lessons learned
- Advocating for all female HVD’s
- Working to balance HVD gender scales
- Conducting on-going research to monitor heavy vehicle driver gender ratios
Research shows that increasing female workforce participation in male dominated sectors has a cumulative positive effect on client relationships, best practice, productivity gains and organizational performance. Increasing female heavy vehicle driver workforce participation across the Australian road transport sector will address heavy vehicle driver skills shortages and have a positive impact on the current negative industry image
