'Women can do what men can do': the causes and consequences of growing flexibility in gender divisions of labour in Kitwe, Zambia

A Evans - Journal of Southern African Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Economic insecurity has catalysed growing flexibility in gender divisions of labour in Kitwe,
Zambia. People's resulting exposure to, as well as collective reflection about, a critical mass …

Acceptance factors for future workplaces in highly automated trucks

P Fröhlich, A Sackl, S Trösterer… - Proceedings of the 10th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Once highly automated vehicles become available, drivers will be freed to perform activities
other than driving when automated driving mode is activated. Such activities could include …

Stories of the gendered mobile work of English lorry driving

D Hopkins, AC Davidson - Gender, Place & Culture, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
One proposed strategy to overcome labour shortages in male-dominated jobs is to attract
female workers. This has been the case for lorry driving in the UK. These efforts, however …

[HTML][HTML] The lived experiences of women workers in Africa's transport sector: Reflections from Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis

G Porter, E Murphy, F Adamu, PB Dayil, S Han… - Journal of Transport …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper draws on ethnographic research conducted 2019–2022 in three quite diverse
city regions-Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis-to understand women's lived experiences of work …

Innovative field research methodologies for more inclusive transport planning: Review and prospect

G Porter, C Dungey - Advances in Transport Policy and Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
This chapter focuses on innovative field research methodologies developed over the last
few decades that have the potential to support and promote more inclusive transport …

Transport companies, truck drivers, and the notion of semi-autonomous trucks: A contextual examination

S Trösterer, T Meneweger… - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Semi-autonomous driving is considered a particularly promising approach for truck drivers,
as this special driver group spends almost their entire working time in a moving vehicle …

Experiences of Women Workers in the African Road Transport Sector

G Porter, N Omwega - Women, Work and Transport, 2022 - emerald.com
Male identity and motor-mobility are deeply intertwined across much of the globe but
nowhere is this relationship more strongly in evidence than in Africa. On the African …

[PDF][PDF] Women as Public Transport Providers: A Qualitative Study of the Perception of Female Tricycle Riders in Nigeria.

E Mensah, O Ebong, Q Ayeni, F Eze - Journal of Population & …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The public transport sector in Nigeria has often been stereotyped as male-dominated. Over
the years, the upsurge in the unemployment rate and the necessity of economic …

[HTML][HTML] Conductor de transporte de carga en México

MA Yarto-Chávez, M Badillo-Gaona - Investigación administrativa, 2024 - scielo.org.mx
El objetivo de esta investigación es contrastar las prioridades de las características del perfil
laboral del transportista entre conductores (hombres y mujeres) y representantes de …

[图书][B] Operating in a Man's World: The Perceptions and Experiences of Female Taxi Drivers in Rustenburg, South Africa

PP Nkete - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The South African taxi industry has traditionally been male-dominated. As a result,
society continues to consider it as an exclusively male profession. However, in an era that …