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We provide sustainability consulting that advances transformative practices to help the maritime industry transition successfully to a fair, green future.

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The systems of gender inequalities in the maritime

Unpacking drivers of gender inequalities in the maritime industry.
Articles

Our articles synthesize the main challenges the maritime industry faces in adopting gender-responsive talent management strategies. It provides a practical understanding of patterns, underlying structures, and mental models that allow these challenges to persist.

It also identifies leverage points to help companies, governments and regulatory bodies collaborate in order to embrace diversity, attract more women and retain qualified seafarers.

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Towards a Just Transition in the Maritime

WoMen+Sea honoured to support the Maritime Just Transition Task Force Global Engagement

WoMen+Sea has accepted an invitation by the UN Global Compact to become a member of the Maritime Just Transition Task Force’s Global Industry Peer Learning Group. The Task Force was established at COP26 and is the first global sectoral task force dedicated to a ‘Just Transition’. It seeks to coordinate collaboration between governments, business, workers and academia towards a shipping industry that is safe, equitable and human-centred.

The Task Force includes the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The first meetings of the peer learning group have been very insightful already!

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Systemic governance issues perpetuating fisheries crime

UNDP’s Blue Action Dialogue toolbox to combat fisheries crime.
Learning programme

WoMen+Sea was commissioned by UNDP to develop the Blue Action Dialogues manual and toolbox which helps policy-makers convene different government agencies and with key stakeholders from business and civil society to address organised crime in the fisheries sector. The toolbox draws in systems thinking and design thinking to jointly map, prioritize and act on systemic governance issues perpetuating fisheries crime.

The guidance will now be available through UNDP’s Blue Resilience Project, part of the Norway-led Blue Justice Initiative, which supports countries that are signatories to the Copenhagen Declaration on Organised Crime in the Global Fishing Industry.

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What is the latest on the "High Seas Treaty"?

After countries were unable to adopt the BBNJ agreement at the latest negotiation session, the question looms: Will biodiversity make it until states agree? This article stresses that success or failure will affect us all, explains the ‘High Seas Treaty’ and provides an overview of latest BBNJ advances and pending issues.

24/11/2022

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What has ocean governance done for gender inequality in the maritime so far?
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What has ocean governance done for gender inequality in the maritime so far?

This initial article sets the scene by reiterating why gender equality in the maritime sector is an issue, outlining how 50 years of ocean and maritime governance has hardly contributed to addressing gender equality in the sector and what it would take to change this.

25/06/2022

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Gender inequality in maritime industry: Could systems thinking help?
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Gender inequality in maritime industry: Could systems thinking help?

The introduction to a series of six articles based on research conducted in 2021 on the systemic nature of issues preventing women from successfully integrating and thriving as seafarers in the maritime sector.

18/05/2022

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