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Celebrating International Women's Day 2020

Across Transport, we’ve been holding events to support International Women’s Day (IWD) and discuss what we – both as individuals and as an organisation – need to do to forge a gender equal world.

On 5 March, around 700 of our people attended a Transport IWD event at the International Convention Centre for a stimulating morning of networking, keynote addresses, videos and discussions.

The event included an engaging presentation from Australian journalist and author, Annabel Crabb, who argued that gender equity cannot be achieved until men are as free to leave the workplace (when their lives demand it) as women are to enter it. Find out more in her Quarterly Essay.

See the highlights … and spread the word

Watch the videos from the Sydney event, reflect on what their messages mean for you, and share them with your colleagues across Transport.


See all the colour and energy of the event, summed up in 90 seconds.

We've got incredible women doing incredible things, right across Transport.


Kirsten Watson, our Chief People Officer, talks about our Executive leadership team’s commitment to gender equality, about the progress we’ve made at Transport on equality and inclusion, and our priorities for the future.


Peter Church, Head of Rail Delivery hosts a panel discussion with Tara McCarthy, Deputy Secretary for Safety Environment and Regulation, John Dinan, Executive Director of Community and Place with Regional and Outer Metropolitan, and Samiha Najem, Associate Director for System Integrity at Sydney Trains.


Secretary, Rodd Staples, closes the event with a personal reflection about the value of listening to the insights of women at Transport as part of his role in the Male Champions of Change Program, and a call to action to everyone to speak up to support change.

Four incredible women share their stories about what it’s like to be a woman working at Transport.

Related links

Donate to Empower Hour and change a woman's life.

Join the WiSE Network to support women working in STEMC.

Meet some more incredible Transport women.

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