Remarkable Feminist Voices in Business: Moving Transport and Infrastructure Forward

28 Feminist Voices in Transport and Infrastructure Businesses

For eight editions, our Remarkable Voices in Transport series has told the stories of the people moving the transport sector forward. Since 2019, seven editions have carried more than 200 profiles, spanning electric mobility, feminist transport policy, women transport workers organising through their unions, and young leaders.

This year, the lens is business. Across the world’s largest companies, women held 6.6 per cent of chief executive posts last year, a record high, and across transport and storage worldwide they hold around 12 per cent of jobs. Those numbers shape who is in the room when the sector decides what gets built, funded, and run. This edition looks at the women changing that, from the ground up.

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7th Edition

The 2025 features 30 Millenial and Gen Z leaders who are taking action in their communities and beyond. Through their work, they demonstrate the creativity, urgency and vision young people bring to today‘s transport challenges.

Many come from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, bringing intersectional perspectives that are too often missing in mainstream mobility conversations.

Their stories underscore one powerful message: a just and sustainabke transport future must be co-created with youth.

We hope this edition will sparkle dialogue and action toward greater youth inclusion in mobility planning, and inspire you to engage with the next generation of transport leaders.

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6th Edition

The 2024 edition showcases the inspiring stories of women transport workers from Brazil, India, Indonesia, Morocco and Uganda. This feminist arts project, in collaboration with the International Transport Worker‘s Federation (ITF), highlights their lived experiences as they overcome daily challenges such as misogyny and exploitation, all while playing a crucial role in keeping the world moving and fighting for change at local, national and global levels.

This projects amplifies the voices of these frontline women, advocating for more inclusive policies and greater gender representation in the transport sector. Grounded in the labor movement and the legacy of women organising in trade unions, we shine a light on the efforts of unions in these countries as they lead the charge for a more just and equitable urban mobility system.

These powerful stories of perseverance and collective action inspire us to continue advocating for a future where urban transport is inclusive, equitable and accessible to everybody.

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5th Edition

This 2023 Remarkable Women edition aims to showcase the power of diverse visions for feminist transport policy. A public call for “Feminist Voices in Transport” resulting in over 80 nominations from over 20 countries. We were excited to read about the inspirational work happening around the world and learn from each one of the nominees. Selecting the few portraits featured in this edition was the hardest part of bringing this edition to life. In addition to the diverse and personal portraits, we highlighted selected organizations and think tanks for their outstanding work towards more equitable and gender-transformative mobility.

We as Women Mobilize Women are excited to keep exploring. We often reflect upon and consciously acknowledge the limitation of our own brand that carries the word “women” – even twice. It can be seen to take a binary approach to our target group–a big step in 2018 but seemingly outdated in 2023. At the core of our mission, this is not what we stand for. Going forward, we will aim to be more inclusive and provide a platform to highlight all the work that is creating more equitable access to urban transport systems, freedom from fear and violence, and providing an intersectional perspective on sustainable mobility and gender.

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The Women Mobilize Women Team

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4th Edition

The 2022 edition shines a light on outstanding women working towards the electrification of mobility. While this publication is by no means all-encompassing of the thousands of women in electric mobility who make great contributions every day, we hope that these selected few inspire you in 2022.

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3rd Edition

In 2020, as the world stood still and transportation came to a halt, women kept moving, acting as a driving force behind many of the structural change’s cities are seeing in mobility today. Take a look how these women have contributed in a special way to the transport sector and are playing a key role in shaping the transformation.

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2nd Edition

After receiving such positive on the first edition, we feel delighted and honored to publish the 2nd edition of Remarkable Women in Transport on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2020! This publication showcases the diversity of more than 50 female change makers in transport. As visibility is key to change mindsets, we are proud to present the work of these highly qualified transport experts.

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Cover of the 2020 edition of "Remarkable Women in Transport" with the faces of all women in little squares.

1st Edition

This publication presents the first round in a series of Remarkable Women in Transport. The included women have been suggested by TUMIs partner and by other internationally acknowledged partners. While not aiming at presenting an exhaustive series, we seek to highlight many more interesting women in future editions.

The publication is meant to showcase the diversity of female change makers in transport. From women working for civil society to international initiatives as well as start-ups, policy level, the private sector and research. To make the daily work of women who transform urban mobility more visible, we are proud to present highly qualified women transport experts.

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