The She Drives participants joined a study visit to the Zelenyi Slon 7 company
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Photo: UN Women/Ihor Svikolkin
The participants of the She Drives project continue learning about the bus driving profession and gain valuable insights directly from transportation companies.
They visited the Zelenyi Slon 7 in Poltava. The company has been operating regular bus services both within Ukraine and internationally for nearly twenty years, making it the country's leading passenger transportation company.
Photo: UN Women/Ihor Svikolkin
On March 26, Zelenyi Slon 7 graciously opened its backstage area, allowing our participants from Dnipro, Poltava, and Kharkiv to learn about the company's activities, policies, working conditions, and fleet.
The participants gained firsthand experience by observing the company’s customer contact center, visiting a service station, and engaging in conversations with logisticians and drivers. Most importantly, they had the opportunity to test drive the company’s buses.
Photo: UN Women/Ihor Svikolkin
UN Women is grateful to Zelenyi Slon 7 for organizing an enlightening study visit and for inviting our participants to explore future collaboration.
Photo: UN Women/Ihor Svikolkin
The project "Expanding the professional potential of women in the field of passenger transportation" is being implemented by the NGO Foundation for Institutional Development on the initiative of the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, in partnership with UN Women and under the financial support of Sweden.