Greetings to all Women Seafarers on Women In Maritime Day!

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• May 18, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

This year's celebrations will focus on the theme of "Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment," and the IMO has invited all industry stakeholders to participate.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Digital Desk: Today is
the International Day for Women in Maritime; it's a day dedicated to
acknowledging and celebrating women across the maritime industry.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">In December last year,
the International Maritime Organization formally adopted the International Day
for Women in Maritimes. It is observed on May 18th annually from this year
onwards.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">This year's
celebrations will focus on the theme of "Training-Visibility-Recognition:
Supporting a barrier-free working environment," and the IMO has invited
all industry stakeholders to participate.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Sarbananda Sonowal,
the Union Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
and the Ministry of Ayush, took to social media platforms and wrote:

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"Greetings to all
Women seafarers on Women In Maritime Day."

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"India's Nari
Shakti is taking over the seas. Sharing a wonderful moment when I was honoured
to felicitate the all-women crew of MT Swarna Krishna, which created history in
global shipping," he further wrote.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222"> In a message to the
industry, IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim said the observance aims to promote
women's recruitment, retention, and sustained employment in the sector and
support work to address the current gender imbalance.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"On this
inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime, let's take this opportunity
to celebrate the many women who are contributing to the future of maritime:
navigators, engineers, surveyors, CEOs, managers, representatives of government
and industry, those chairing IMO organ meetings, and women in every other role
across the industry," Mr Lim said.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"Women are
working in all facets of the maritime sector across the globe to support the
transition to a decarbonised, digitalised and more sustainable future for the
industry," he added.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Mr Lim said maritime
is an industry for everyone and that involvement should not be influenced by
gender but by what each person can do.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"There is still a
gender imbalance in maritime, but times are changing as it becomes recognised
that diversity in maritime benefits the entire sector," he feels.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"Let's work to
break down barriers and ensure that we create a work environment that is
enabling, supportive, and inclusive of diverse participation by all, without
hindrance in the maritime community," he stated.

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