Ukraine launches a project to train female public transport drivers
Kyiv • UNN
The Ministry of Community Development and UN Women are launching a pilot project to train women bus drivers. The goal is to overcome staff shortages and stereotypes about professions by providing free retraining for women in passenger transportation.
The Ministry of Community Development, Territorial and Infrastructure Development together with UN Women in Ukraine will launch a pilot project to train women drivers of urban and municipal transport. This was reported by the press service of the ministry on Facebook, UNN reports.
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“The purpose of the pilot project is to provide retraining and retraining of female drivers in the field of urban and municipal transport, namely buses. This is the first initiative of the ministry aimed at both overcoming the shortage of personnel and overcoming stereotypes and prejudices about professions,” said Serhiy Derkach, Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine.
According to the latest data, the shortage of bus drivers in the regions is about 30%, which is about 6,000 employees.
The pilot project “Expanding the Professional Potential of Women in Passenger Transportation” is a free program to develop women's professional skills. It is being implemented by the NGO “Institutional Development Foundation” at the initiative of the Ministry of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, in partnership with UN Women and with financial support from Sweden.
The project also provides training for women to obtain a driver's qualification card (code 95). This is a document that confirms the professional competence of a bus driver according to the European standard.
