According to the United Nations’ International Maritime Organisation (IMO), women represent just 1.2% of the global seafarer workforce. So, at its Council meeting this week, it has announced that it will establish an ‘International Day for Women in Maritime.’
This will “celebrate women in the industry, promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, raise the profile of women in maritime, strengthen IMO’s commitment to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and support work to address the current gender imbalance in maritime,” the IMO said in a statement.
“It will also help will help promote IMO’s Women in Maritime Programme. Once adopted by the IMO Assembly in December, International Day for Women in Maritime is observed each year on May 18.”
