Best Practices for Assembly Line/ Heavy Manufacturing Companies to Improve Gender Equity

Women make up 12% of the assembly line and heavy manufacturing workforce, highlighting significant potential to expand their participation. This resource explores barriers limiting women’s participation, including manager perceptions, safety concerns, transport gaps, workplace requirements and limited access to technical training. It identifies production and support roles with greater potential to employ non-graduate women and presents a 3-phased approach covering inclusive hiring, manager sensitisation, infrastructure, retention, transport, automation, diverse hiring channels and accountability.