Tag: women in shipping

Mrs Zoe Upson, Founder of Women Together initiative, urges for more action towards gender diversity. Women Together was developed with the aim to bring change in the industry; through this initiative and her talent solution business FACT, Mrs Upson empowers all industry stakeholders, both women and men, to be open to new ideas of how to achieve equality, bridge the pay gap and reinforce decent parental level.

In our special column for this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs. Philippa Charlton, Chief Marketing Officer, Lloyd’s Register, who is particularly excited about the role digitalisation has in enabling decarbonisation in maritime. Throughout the pandemic, technology enabled organisations like LR continued to provide services remotely and support the supply chain as it navigated COVID-19.

In our special column for this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs Lucienne Damm, Senior Environmental Manager, TUI Cruises, who enjoys working on industry's environmental issues to find sustainable solutions but first and foremost, she finds it exciting working closely with crew onboard.

Workplace diversity and inclusion go deeper than gender and emphasize on education and awareness. How can shipping organizations leverage the benefits of diversity and inclusion?

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Mrs. Krishna Ruparelia, Head of Operations at SGMF, talks about WiGS initiative which was launched to support the 2019 IMO theme of Empowering Women in Maritime and it aims to empower gender diversity within the sector.

Panama Maritime Authority renewed its bilateral agreements with the United Arab Emirates and the Bahamas so as to promote the national workforce and technical cooperation ties between governments.

The Board of Directors of the Association of German Shipowners (VDR) elected Dr. Gaby Bornheim as a president of the association, marking its first women president in its 114-year history.

The European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) is urging governments to ratify a United Nations (UN) Convention addressing gender-based violence and harassment in a message to mark the 2021 United Nations international day for combating violence against women.

Nautilus International reminds that crew affected by sexual violence or gender discrimination while at sea, can have access to the union's helpline.

Shipping is significantly lacking ethnic and female representation at the senior level, according to a survey from the Diversity Study Group.