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Tackling gender inequality not just about political correctness

Lucy Yu, FiveaI, London SE1
27 October 2017
 

I was pleased to read that Network Rail is looking into the issue of gender imbalance in its workforce (LTT 13 Oct). Earlier this year, the Department for Transport was named one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2017 - a brilliant and well deserved achievement, but sadly an area where many parts of the industry still lag behind. 

This isn’t just an issue of quotas or political correctness - the DfT’s National Travel Survey shows that on average, women make more trips...

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