The Global Report on Women in Tourism Transport, launched, provides the first global, sex-disaggregated evidence base on women working across air, land and water passenger transport. It identifies the legal, cultural and structural barriers limiting women’s access to decent work, career progression and leadership.
The findings show that tourism transport remains acutely male-dominated. In countries with available data:
- Women make up 36% of aviation workers but just 6% of pilots, with men continuing to dominate technical, flight deck and leadership positions.
- 96% of all tourism transport workers are in land passenger transport, yet only 3% of them are women.
- Just 12% of water passenger transport workers are women, with significant gaps in managerial and technical roles.
- Safety, sanitation and legal protection remain major barriers. One in five countries still lacks legal protections against harassment at work.
