TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 12
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he IMO Women in Maritime programme supports the
participation of women in both shore-based and sea-going
posts, under the slogan Training-Visibility-Recognition’,
through a wide range of gender-specific activities.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO)
has launched a new logo for its Women in Maritime
programme, as part of its mission to support the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls.
Programme lead Helen Buni said: "The IMO Women in Maritime
programme supports the participation of women in both shore-based
and sea-going posts, under the slogan Training-Visibility-Recognition’,
through a wide range of gender-specific activities. The new logo is just
one visible part of the programme and will help women in maritime
gain more visibility and exposure throughout the maritime sector and
beyond."
The primary objective of the IMO Women in Maritime programme is
to encourage IMO Member States to open the doors of their maritime
institutes to enable women to train alongside men and acquire the high-
level of competence that the maritime industry demands.
Since the programme was established 31 years ago, its portfolio of
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women graduates has increased steadily over the years - from four in
1985 to 79 in 2018. By the end of the academic year 2017-2018, 1,029
females had graduated from the University, out of a total 4,919 graduates.
At IMO's International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), 361 women had
graduated by the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, out of a total of
837 graduates.
IMO also facilitates the identification and selection of women by their
respective authorities for career development opportunities in maritime
administrations, ports and maritime training institutes.
During 2019, some 10 activities are planned under the umbrella of the
IMO Women in Maritime programme, including conferences, courses,
workshops and regional meetings.
"We are inviting IMO Member States and particularly the regional
associations for women in the maritime sector to use the new logo as
they see fit, to show that they are part of a strong, global IMO Women in
Maritime family," Ms. Buni said.
The launch of the new logo for the Women in Maritime programme
comes as IMO focuses on women in maritime during 2019, under the
World Maritime Day theme "Empowering Women in the Maritime
Community".
The Women in Maritime programme is largely funded through IMO’s
Technical Cooperation fund, with a great deal of in-kind and financial
support from a number of donors. IMO continues to seek new sources of
funding in order to support the programme into the future.
IMO's Women in Maritime programme was formerly known as the
programme for the Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector
(IWMS).
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activities has grown extensively. IMO has facilitated the establishment
of seven regional associations for women in the maritime sector across
Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and the
Pacific Islands, some 152 countries and dependent territories and 490
participants.
The programme provides gender-specific fellowships, giving access
to high-level technical training for women in the maritime sector in
developing countries. A good example is the long-running "Women in
Port Management" course, hosted in Le Havre, France, in partnership with
the Port Institute for Education and Research (IPER) and the Le Havre Port
Authority, where, in 2018, 48 women from 32 countries received training
on port management. A total of 308 women have received training under
this activity alone.
At IMO’s World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden, the number of
The International Maritime Organization
(IMO) has launched a new logo for its
Women in Maritime programme, as part of
its mission to support the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve
gender equality and empower all women
and girls.
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