Women at DP World in Australia

Anastasia: Being underestimated. In Asian culture, in particular, there’s the expectation that women will do everything at home, and working women have to do all the work at home and have a career.

I haven’t experienced much inequality in my working life in Australia, though.

Anastasia: Entering the workforce for the first time is always difficult, no matter the generation.

The issue we have in logistics is that people don’t understand what we do, or the types of roles on offer in our industry. If we don’t make an effort to teach and educate those around us now, we won’t have a younger generation of women joining us. The biggest challenge we have is right now; how do we raise awareness.

Anastasia: It would be great to see a dedicated program to encourage women who are already within the industry, and to help them in their roles.

DP World has a mentoring program for women which sounds great.

Anastasia: My background has always been in customer service. I like to work with people. I used to work in hospitality and joined DP World first through helping out in the accounts team, but I much prefer the interaction of this role.

We’ve come a long way since I started almost ten years ago. We have more women in leadership around, which is inspiring. Seeing all these female leaders make you feel more comfortable and positive, and it helps you see that it’s possible to rise into these positions.