The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) is supporting International Women’s Day today (8 March 2019) and encouraging more women to consider careers within highways and transportation.
 

"We are proud to celebrate International Women's Day and CIHT has been taking the industry lead on encouraging and supporting more women to take up and continue their careers in highways and transportation."

"We have collected a number of case studies that highlight the fantastic roles being done by our female members. Their stories are inspirational and we will be looking to develop more activity to support these future leaders of our profession."

Women in Highways and Transportation – #Journeys stories
Through our journeys campaign, we have collected case studies of . You can read about female CIHT members working in the highways and transportation sector, all at different stages in their careers here.

Women in Transport Exhibition 

CIHT has celebrated a number of inspiring women from across the sector at an exhibition at the ThinkTank Museum in Birmingham. Find out more here

 
Improving Diversity & Inclusion – Employers’ toolkit
CIHT’s Diversity & Inclusion toolkit is the first of its kind for the highways and transportation sector. It provides a route map to success through diversity and inclusion.
 
The toolkit offers practical guidance, case studies and links to reliable sources of expert advice for employers to help recruit, retain and develop a more diverse workforce. By doing so, employers will improve their own business performance and increase capacity within the industry.

CIHT Diversity & Inclusion Charter
Looking to develop the talent and skills to match future requirements, Sue Percy, Chief Executive CIHT has encouraged the highways and transportation sector to engage with the CIHT Diversity & Inclusion Charter.
 
Signatories to this Charter believe that a commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential to reflect the communities we serve. The Institution believes a more diverse workforce makes better business sense as it helps organisations attract and retain the best talent, enables them to understand and meet clients’ needs more effectively and so provide a better quality service.
 
Sue Percy said:
“As an organisation we strive to encourage best practice in recruitment, retention and career progression practices across our sector. At CIHT we support the development of good diversity and inclusion policy by collecting and sharing examples of practical activities that contribute to progress with CIHT and other signatories.
 
“We work together to develop and adopt future protocols and practice that support the implementation of the aims of this Charter. We recognise, respect, capitalise and celebrate contributions from different people to strengthen team performance.”

International Women's Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a century, with the first​ ​IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Prior to this the​ Socialist Party of America, United Kingdom's Suffragists and Suffragettes, and further groups campaigned for women's equality.

Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.
IWD is not country, group or organization specific.​
Make IWD your day - everyday.
www.internationalwomensday.com
#IWD2019 #BalanceforBetter