Women’s Employment in Railway Transport: Gender Equality or Discrimination?

Uliana Loginovskikh, Tatiana Duran

2022

Abstract

The article considers the gender aspects of employment at modern enterprises of transport dispatch, first of all, the main attention is paid to the employment of women at the enterprises of Russian Railways; it reveals that the gender of an employee has a significant impact on the employer’s decision when hiring. Both negative and positive trends in the influence of the gender factor on the employment of modern women at Russian Railways enterprises are characterized. Based on the analysis of statistical data and the results of secondary sociological research, it is determined that despite the fixation of gender equality in employment at the legislative level, in real practice of working with personnel at the enterprises of Russian Railways there is an influence of gender stereotypes in favor of men in hiring for specific positions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Loginovskikh U. and Duran T. (2022). Women’s Employment in Railway Transport: Gender Equality or Discrimination?. In Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference on Transport: Logistics, Construction, Maintenance, Management - Volume 1: TLC2M; ISBN 978-989-758-606-4, SciTePress, pages 78-81. DOI: 10.5220/0011579200003527

in Bibtex Style

@conference{tlc2m22,
author={Uliana Loginovskikh and Tatiana Duran},
title={Women’s Employment in Railway Transport: Gender Equality or Discrimination?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference on Transport: Logistics, Construction, Maintenance, Management - Volume 1: TLC2M},
year={2022},
pages={78-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011579200003527},
isbn={978-989-758-606-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference on Transport: Logistics, Construction, Maintenance, Management - Volume 1: TLC2M
TI - Women’s Employment in Railway Transport: Gender Equality or Discrimination?
SN - 978-989-758-606-4
AU - Loginovskikh U.
AU - Duran T.
PY - 2022
SP - 78
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0011579200003527
PB - SciTePress