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16th May, 2025
London, United Kingdom
Progressing the desire to achieve a barrier-free working environment for women in the maritime sector, the IMO Assembly proclaiming that 18 May every year will be the International Day for Women in Maritime. The observance celebrates women in the industry with a view to the continued promotion of the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, to raise the profile of women in maritime, to strengthen IMO’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender Equality) and to support ongoing work to address the current gender imbalance in the maritime sector.
The IMO Secretary-General is pleased to announce that the theme for the Day will be An Ocean of Opportunities for Women, which links to the 2025 World Maritime Day theme: Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity. A half-day symposium will take place under the same theme at IMO Headquarters (4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom), within the margins of the Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue’s twelfth session, on 16 May 2025, from 2.30 p.m.
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