Tag: WISTA

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'. 

WISTA International, the global body for women in the maritime world, has signed a MoU with APEC Seafarers Excellence Network (APEC SEN), which promotes well-qualified maritime workforce in Asia and globally, aiming to build a community that will attract and support women in the Asia Pacific Region.

The IMO and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) have launched the inaugural Women in Maritime – IMO and WISTA International Survey 2021.

WISTA Romania became the 50th active National WISTA Association (NWA) and the 19th European country to join the network.

WISTA International and IMO signed a MoU on technical cooperation to further promote diversity and inclusion through enhanced cooperation activities in the maritime sector. This comes in line with previous work by both organizations to enable more women in shipping.

As ILO informs, the participation of more women in leadership roles is a major field of the global fight to equality. Besides, there are still indicators ringing the bell for the global community to shed its efforts for enabling more women in core business positions.

Recently, shipping stakeholders submitted a paper to the IMO proposing the addition of a new output under the work program on Fair treatment of seafarers detained on suspicion of committing maritime crimes. The paper highlights that in some cases the master and the crew may not be aware of their vessel being involved in smuggling activities

Our special column asked from the winners of the first CAREER4SEA – EUROPORT Awards, which were announced in early November on the sidelines of EUROPORT, to suggest ways in order to support gender diversity in shipping and give motives to younger generations for investing in a career in the industry. 

WISTA Hellas conducted its Annual Forum on November 5, focusing on the sanctions that are being imposed today, the development of digitalization, as well as the role of women in shipping and the importance of boosting their presence in the sector. 

In order to boost women's leadership in the maritime and ocean business community, the World's Ocean Council (WOC) and the Women's International Shipping & Tradding Association (WISTA) are about to collaborate and sign an MoU, on 20 November at the annual WOC Sustainable Ocean Summit 2019 in Paris.