World Maritime Forum publishes report on the situation of women workers at sea

20-06-23

The Global Maritime Forum has published a report sharing the results of a study conducted by the All Aboard Alliance in the Diversity@Sea initiative, identifying the 15 'key pain points' for women at sea following an analysis of interviews with 115 women seafarers serving on board.

As explained, the report aims to create greater transparency and help spread awareness of the key challenges experienced by women at sea and that many will join us in our mission to identify appropriate and sustainable solutions to each of the 15 pain points.

A career at sea must be more inclusive to be attractive to women seafarers and all those interested in pursuing a career at sea, said the Global Maritime Forum.

The 15 key weaknesses fall into four different categories:

1) The difficulty of succeeding professionally at sea for women (i.e. being perceived as less competent than their male co-workers, not having the same access to training or duties on board and having to outperform their male co-workers to be respected or promoted).