ECSA expressed its support for a gender-balanced shipping industry during the European Shipping Week, highlighting the importance of women in shipping and promotion of gender diversity.
Specifically, gender equality has been at the centre of discussions lately, with the shipping industry being a firm supporter of equality. ECSA and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have partnered to improve the participation of women in European shipping, while ECSA and its member associations are working actively to promote gender diversity and equality of opportunity to attract and retain new talent for strong, prosperous and socially sustainable shipping and maritime clusters in Europe.
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Now, ECSA and ETF announced the launch of their new project called WESS, co-funded by the EU, which will help them to implement their joint declaration of intention on enhanced participation of women in the European shipping industry.
The project includes an awareness-raising campaign to increase the awareness of the attractive career opportunities in shipping both at sea and ashore, and a research initiative to consider good practice measures and policies to recruit and retain women in the industry, as Tim Springett, ECSA Spokesperson to the Social Dialogue Committee for Maritime Transport stated.
In efforts to attract more women in the maritime sector, Denmark launched the charter initiative which obliges the shipping companies among other things to devise a strategy or plan to increase the proportion of women in the company and describe and put forward initiatives to support it. For the time being, the initiative has gained momentum as 17 shipping companies have joined the charter.
