Tag: WISTA

More than one hundred women leaders have registered as speakers on the new Maritime Speakers Bureau platform.

WISTA International and the Maritime SheEO announced the start of the formal partnership, initiating the second Maritime SheEO Leadership Accelerator Programme.

Elpi Petraki has been elected as the president of WISTA International, taking over from Despina Panayiotou Theodossiou.

IMO and WISTA International are passionate about ensuring that sector conferences and events have a diversity of thought and inclusive panels are the top way to achieve this. The two organizations have created the new Maritime Speakers Bureau platform, intending to end the tradition of all-male speaking panels.

An in-depth survey conducted by WISTA International, Anglo Eastern, ISWAN and ICS, revealed shocking figures in gender-based discrimination against women, onboard harassment and bullying. The survey was completed by 1128 women from 78 countries.

In our special column this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs Stine Mundal, Key Account Manager, DNV & Maritime and President, WISTA Norway who wishes industry could become more open to quickly implement the change mindset needed to adapt to a new low carbon and digital reality.

During a panel discussion at Posidonia last week, the WISTA Hellas ‘Women at Sea’ seminar, examined the challenges facing women seafarers as well as food for thought on how to support them throughout their careers. 

According to data from the newly- published 2021 IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime Survey Report, gender diversity in maritime is extremely fragmented by sector. The data demonstrates that women account for only 29% of the overall workforce in the general industry and 20% of the workforce of national maritime authorities in Member States.

IMO, in collaboration with the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) and Maritime SheEO, announced the launch of the Maritime SheEO Leadership Accelerator Programme 2022.

On the occasion of 2022 International Women's Day, WISTA Norway President, Siri Sundal Shield, highlights the important challenges facing the maritime industry and invites leaders to take action by signing  the 'WISTA Norway 40 by 30 pledge'.