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Women in Transport Leadership Knowledge Network (WiTL) is the first knowledge network created in the Australasian region solely dedicated to empowering women and developing a critical mass of female transport leaders. It serves as a platform for creating knowledge, fostering innovation and empowering person to person collaborative linkages amongst female transport leaders in Australia and ASEAN.

The Women in Transportation Leadership Network WiTL is a platform to produce knowledge, foster innovation and increase female to female collaborative linkages in Australasia. The knowledge network aims to strengthen female capabilities and increase leadership opportunities to address the diverse transport challenges, particularly issues related to gender and transport, which is key to achieving a more holistic and inclusive global community. It promotes a positive contemporary image of Australian female leadership concerned with developing more collaborative, inclusive and supportive culture in research, education and practice.

Our Focal points page provides information on Women on Transport Leadership Australasia’s key personnel.

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Frequently Asked & Questions

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  • What are the 5 types of empowerment of women?

    Women's empowerment has five components: women's sense of self-worth; their right to have and to determine choices; their right to have access to opportunities and resources; their right to have power to control their own lives, both within and outside the home; and their ability to influence the direction of social ...

  • Are women more sustainable than men?

    Generally, women show a more positive green consumption intention, consume less carbon, and purchase green products more frequently. Whereas men are doing better than women in terms of environmental knowledge, and in some regions, they express higher concerns about environmental problems.

  • Why women's empowerment is important?

    Empowering women is essential to the health and social development of families, communities and countries. When women are living safe, fulfilled and productive lives, they can reach their full potential. contributing their skills to the workforce and can raise happier and healthier children.

  • Who started women empowerment?

    It was 1848 AD when India got its first woman educator in the form of “Savitribai Phule”. This year marks the rise of women's empowerment in India as Savitribai Phule busted the social norm that a woman cannot be educated.

  • What is women empowerment short essay?

    Women empowerment refers to making women powerful to make them capable of deciding for themselves. Women have suffered a lot through the years at the hands of men. In earlier centuries, they were treated as almost non-existent. As if all the rights belonged to men even something as basic as voting.

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