With a seamless world scarcity of seafarers, selling gender range and equality within the maritime trade is receiving rising consideration, not least on the International Maritime Organization, which right now, May 18, is marking the second International Day for Women in Maritime.
The day celebrates ladies within the trade and is meant to advertise the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of girls within the maritime sector and lift the profile of girls in maritime. This 12 months’s focus is on highlighting the significance of collaboration and networking in attaining gender equality within the maritime sector.
“Women are working in all facets of the maritime sector across the globe, on shore and at sea to support the transition to a decarbonized, digitalized and more sustainable future for the industry,” stated IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim. “There is still a significant gender imbalance in maritime. Times are changing – but we need to accelerate that change. The benefits for the whole sector of improved diversity in the workforce is evident.”
Lim’s time period in workplace ends on December 31, 2023, and, of the seven candidates to succeed him, three are ladies: Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (Dominica), Mrs. Nancy Karigithu (Kenya) and Ms. Minna Kivimäki (Finland). It can be attention-grabbing to see whether or not it is going to be one in every of these three who offers the Women in Maritime Day message in 2024.
Meantime, IMO is marking this 12 months’s event with a two-day conference at IMO Headquarters in London, the discharge of a video – Women in maritime can…. and a social media marketing campaign.
More on IMO’s work on gender range HERE
