The issue of gender balance in shipping makes headlines in 2019, with IMO devoting the Day of the Seafarer, as well as the World Maritime Day, to the encouragement of more women in the maritime. A persistence in tradition still seems to be holding the shipping industry away from being more inclusive and diversified and brings women of the 21st century still confronted with superstitions and misconceptions around their potential work at sea.
Let’s see what the common misconceptions are for a...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-five-common-myths-around-women-at-sea/