List of Figures and Tablesxi
About the Editorsxiii
About the Authorsxiv
Acknowledgementsxxii
Chapter 1: Introduction 
Tessa Wright, Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison1
Public Transport
Chapter 2: Women and Work in Public Transport: Historical and Contemporary Evidence 
Corinne Mulley11
Chapter 3: Current Trends in Gender, Work and Transport: An Island Perspective 
Maria Attard and Loukas Dimitriou23
Chapter 4: Tackling Gender-based Violence and Sexual Harassment in the Public Transport Sector: The Role of Key Actors 
Anne Kamau and Tessa Wright37
Road Transport, Active Travel and Logistics
Chapter 5: Experiences of Women Workers in the African Road Transport Sector 
Gina Porter and Nyaboke Omwega55
Chapter 6: MotherTruckers? The Gendered Work of Freight and Logistics 
Debbie Hopkins and Nihan Akyelken71
Chapter 7: Walking, Cycling and Gendered Journeys of Working Lives 
Jennifer Bonham and Barbara Koth87
Rail Transport
Chapter 8: Women Leaders in Rail: A Postfeminist Aesthetic Femininity 
Kathryn Thory105
Chapter 9: Gender Realities in Indian Railways123
Leena Sachdeva 
Chapter 10: Bullying and Harassment in the British Rail Sector: An Intersectional Analysis 
Hazel Conley, Mostak Ahamed and Tessa Wright139
Air Transport
Chapter 11: Negotiating Personal and Professional Identities in the Workplace: The Case of Women Ab Initio Airline Pilots 
Faye McCarthy, Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison157
Chapter 12: Relational Mentoring in the Aviation and Aerospace Industry: Meeting Women’s Needs Through the Alta Mentoring Scheme 
Susan Durbin, Ana Lopes, Stella Warren and Judith Milne169
Chapter 13: Examining the Culture of Women in Aviation Leadership: A Case of UK Airports 
Amarachi Amaugo189
Chapter 14: Fostering Women’s Resilience in the Aviation Sector 
Stephanie Douglas207
MARITIME TRANSPORT
Chapter 15: Gender and Work within the Maritime Sector 
Momoko Kitada229
Chapter 16: ‘If God had Wanted You to Go to Sea …’ Experiences of Women Seafarers 
Marie Grasmeier249
Chapter 17: Closing the Gender Gap in the Maritime Industry: A Career-decision Approach 
Heather McLaughlin and Colm Fearon265
Chapter 18: Tracking Gender Equality in Ports 
Sisangile Nduna and Christa Sys279
Governance and Trade Unions
Chapter 19: The Role of Government and the Transport Sector with respect to Women Working in Transport 
Hebba Haddad, Jo Field and Alex Bennett305
Chapter 20: Trade Unions and Organising Women in Civil Aviation 
Jocelyn Finniear, Mrinalini Greedharry and Geraint Harvey323
Chapter 21: ‘Not Like Other Women’: Understanding the Barriers for Women in the Transport Sector and the Role of Trade Unions 
Dalila Mahdawi and Jodi Evans339
Index357

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