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Our history

The ETF Women’s Committee was created in May 2001 in Zagreb, by decision of the 1^st ETF Ordinary Congress.  The Committee is an ETF policy making body. It consists of 12 members, elected by the ETF Women’s Conference and confirmed by the ETF Congress. The Committee is geographically balanced.  To ensure that the Committee’s work reflects the specificity of various transport sections within the ETF (rail, road, maritime, civil aviation, ports, inland waterway, fisheries, tourism), the Committee additionally includes 8 section representatives, nominated by each of the eight ETF sections.  The ETF Women’s Conference meets every 4 years, in conjunction with the ETF Ordinary Congress.  ETF Women’s Committee meets twice every year.  From 2007 onwards, the ETF Women’s Committee will open the first day of each Committee meeting to women from all ETF affiliates and will use this opportunity to exchange views with the membership. 

Women’s representation within the ETF

The 1^st ETF Ordinary Congress (Zagreb 2001) decided on a number of amendments to the ETF Constitution which ensure that the leading bodies of the ETF – the Management and Executive Committees – are gender balanced.  Thus, as per the ETF Constitution:

The ETF Executive Committee includes, in addition to its 44 Members, 6 women’s workers representatives elected from within the 12 Committee members.

The ETF Management Committee includes, in addition to its 7 members, 1 women’s workers representative elected from within the 12 Committee members.