”ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS
UN Sustainable Development GoalSDG 5
Focus for 2022
Key Goals
Undertake to work with government entities, development partners, international and regional organizations to identify and collect relevant data and statistics on women employed across the different areas of the maritime sector.
2022
IMO Secretary-General video message on this year’s World Maritime Day Celebrations theme ‘New technologies for greener shipping’, was pleased to announce this year’s theme to coincide with the first celebration of the International Day for Women in Maritime on 18th May and to mark this joint landmark that will generate opportunities for discussion on women in decision making and on skills development in the maritime industry which will support the just and equitable transition of decarbonization of international shipping, and the key role for women in leading change, particularly in the production and uptake of low-carbon marine fuels and ship-board technologies.