The inaugural IMO International Day for Women in Maritime on 18 May 2022 will certainly concentrate on the motif “Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment”.

On this particular day, IMO welcomes all stakeholders to participate in occasions and also tasks around this motif. On social media sites, we are concentrating on presence. Share the several faces of females in maritime and also make use of the hashtag #WomenInMaritimeDay

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Gender equal rights is identified as a vital system for a lasting future. It is preserved in the Sustainable Development Goal 5– among the 17 objectives that underpin the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda, which nations around the globe have actually vowed to execute.

For greater than 3 years, IMO has actually been sustaining sex equal rights with our females in maritime program, looking for to equip females in the field with training, presence and also acknowledgment.

To give a chance to highlight and also commemorate females in maritime, throughout last December’s Assembly, IMO Member States assigned 18 May yearly, to recognize and also commemorate the achievements of marine females.

Additionally, the regard will certainly advertise the employment, retention and also continual work of females in the maritime field and also assistance job to attend to the present sex inequality in maritime.

On this inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime, allow’s take this chance to commemorate the several females that are adding to the future of maritime: navigators, designers, land surveyors, chief executive officer’s, supervisors, reps of federal government and also market, those chairing IMO body organ conferences and also females in every various other function throughout the market.

Women are operating in all elements of the maritime field around the world to sustain the shift to a decarbonized, digitalized and also even more lasting future for the market.

There is still a sex inequality in maritime– however times are altering as it comes to be identified that variety in maritime advantages the whole field.

Today, maritime is for everybody. As I have actually stressed formerly, it is not regarding your sex– it has to do with what you can do. At IMO with training, presence, acknowledgment we intend to– sustain a barrier-free workplace for Women in Maritime.

Let’s job to damage down obstacles and also make certain that we develop a workplace that is making it possible for, helpful and also comprehensive of varied involvement by all, without barrier in the maritime neighborhood.

I want you all a pleased “International Day for Women in Maritime”!

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