Course description
Today, the maritime and related industries continue to be one of the most male dominated sectors, including seafarers, fishermen, port operators, surveyors, port state control officers, and government officials. The underrepresentation of women in the maritime industry has not significantly changed over the past 25 years.
In 1992, the number of women seafarers was estimated as 1- 2% of the total seafaring workforce, while the latest 2015 manpower report from Blatic International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Chamber of shipping (ICS) indicates that only 1% of seafarers are women.
it should be note that maritime industry need more women, especially in technical positions such as shipping and management roles.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Establishment of national and regional policy to promotewomen embarkment on board ship to complete their training as seafarer.
- Encourage women training in the field of maritime navigation by offering professional and technical opportunities at maritime training institute
- Strenghtening of technical equipments of the national and regional maritime training institutes for an appropriate adapted technical training.
- Facilitate by funding their missions, the participation of maritime sector women to the meetings organize by the regional women associations of maritime sector. These meetings are the framework to deal with the women issues in maritime sectors.
Training Course Content
The current challenges of the shipping industry
- New Economy for the Maritime Industry
- What would this New Economy look like in the eyes of the industry leaders?
- How will we be shaping this New Economy and transforming the industry in the new era?
variety of port matters
- Management
- Security
- Marine environment
- Marketing
- Tariffs and logistics
- Facilitation of maritime traffic, ship/port interface and concession contracts.
WOMEN IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
- Background to the survey
- Pilots
- Shipping Industry
- Ports
- Maritime Lawyers
- Maritime Education and Training
Empowering Women in The Maritime Community
- The importance of gender equality
- Contribution of women within the maritime sector
- IMO’s Women in Maritime programme
- International NGOs efforts and programs
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