1. Lithuania’s women in the transport industry ETF Women’s Conference Aland, 24 May 2005 Janina Malinovska, Transport Workers’ Federation of Lithuania

2. Women in today’s Lithuania Women make up 52,8% of the labour force More women than men: - have a university degree - 58,6% - are college graduates - 70%

3. Women in today’s Lithuania However, women’s wages are only 78% of that of men. Why? - in both economic and political life there are far less women in top positions (31 of 141 MPs in 2004 were women ) - traditionally, “women’s jobs” pay less

4. Women in today’s Lithuania Minimum wage of 500 Litas (142 EURO) per month 46% of women are the only bread winners in families About 600 children annually are taken into state care institutions due to family poverty

5. Women in today’s Lithuania - Employment 53,2% of all registered unemployed people are women of which: – only 20% receive unemployment benefits – 9,1% have an university degree

6. Women in transport Women make up 32,3% of the employed workforce The gender pay gap in transport is 84,8% to the detriment of women Women earn 1365 Litas while men earn 1409 Litas

7. Women in transport - Restructuring Vilnius Bus Depot Until 1 January 2005 – of 45 conductors/ticket controllers 43 were women As for April 2005: 12 - transferred to work as cleaners 1 - to security 1 - cloak room 8 - retired Only 9 kept their job (mothers with young children or women with less than 12 months left till early retirement)

8. Women in transport – Restructuring / what perspectives? NameAgeSituationPossibility XXX61No husband, disabled son of 30Retirement / pension 93 EURO / month XXX61Agrees to leavePension 75 EURO / month XXX54Disabled husbandEarly retirement XXX50 Due to be transferred to laundry but refused due to health condition (asthma) Immigrates to Ukraine XXX46Daughter abroadImmigrates to the USA

9. Restructuring Railways - later (split into 3 enterprises: freight, passenger and infrastructure) Lithuanian airlines – tendering is taking place

10. Women in trade unions …despite the Social Winter, WE ACT!

11. Sources “Moterys Lietuvoje”,Vilnius, 2000 “Working life barometer in the Baltic states”, Finland, 2002 NGOs comments on the National report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of the child, Vilnius, 2005 http://www.std.lt http://www.lygus.lt