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The annual Swedish Bus and Coach Driver Championship has long been an opportunity to celebrate the professionalism and commitment of bus drivers. This year, the first prize for Sweden’s best bus driver went to a woman.

Emilie Høydal did not have a typical start to her career in transport. She first studied media and communications in high school. But after two years, she learned that it was not for her. So she dropped out and worked at a gas station for a while. She eventually decided to go back to high school to study technological and industrial production. This is where the magic happened.

Change has been slow. What can be done to accelerate it?

‘What does gender have to do with it?’ Passionate about driving, Maryam Fayaz was determined to join her husband on the road. Her persistence paid off. Here’s her story in her own words.

A young bus or coach driver is often viewed – mistakenly – as being unsafe. But with the training that they undergo, they become skilled and reliable professional drivers on par with their older colleagues, safely performing a vital societal service. In this article, Meyering Verkehrsbetriebe’s Bus & Coach Business Manager and Trainer explains just why we need to revisit our perception of young bus and coach drivers.

In the fifth edition of this special series spotlighting some of the women leaders of our industry, we feature Maria Luisa Boyce, Director of Global Public Affairs at IRU member UPS.

In this special series, we spotlight some of the women leaders of our industry, starting with Iro Doumani, General Manager of IRU member the Hellenic Federation of Road Transport (OFAE), and Vice President of IRU’s Goods Transport Council.

Commercial road transport has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. Nevertheless, the percentage of women working in the sector is slowly but steadily changing. We look at some of them on this special day. The share of women truck drivers is less than 3% in most regions.