219 Empowering Women in Transport: the maritime industry and the Role of the EU, part 2

Panel discussion in the European Parliament June, 27th 2023, part 2

Episode 219 is the second part of the panel discussion in Brussels organised by Ms Vera Tax, MEP, to raise awareness amongst the maritime community and policymakers about the importance of women and how to improve working conditions in the sector. 

The participants have generously permitted me to share with you what we discussed. 

You will hear five panellists (besides me) speaking;

  • Ms Line Heimstad, Deputy Head of Agreement,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/219-empowering-women-in-transport-the-maritime-industry-and-the-role-of-the-eu-part-2/

218 Empowering Women in Transport: the maritime industry and the Role of the EU

Panel discussion in the European Parliament June, 27th 2023

Ms Vera Tax, MEP European Parliament, organised this panel event to raise awareness amongst the maritime community and policymakers about the importance of women and how to improve working conditions in the sector.
This is a recording of our discussion on June 27 in Brussels. The participants have generously given me permission to share with you what we discussed.
You will hear five panellists (besides me) speaking;

  • Ms Line Heimstad,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/218-empowering-women-in-transport-the-maritime-industry-and-the-role-of-the-eu/

COPE° forms Working Group on Psychological Safety and Sexual Assault and Harassment in the Maritime Sector

COPE° forms Working Group on Psychological Safety and Sexual Assault and Harassment in the Maritime Sector

Ms. Eva Lianne Veldkamp, IMO Policy Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry

Fairhaven, MA- The Center for Ocean Policy and Economics (COPE°) has announced the formation of an informal Working Group to develop projects designed to provide solutions to build on an international framework which supports a psychologically safe workplace culture for mariners.  It is...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/10/cope-forms-working-group-on-psychological-safety-and-sexual-assault-and-harassment-in-the-maritime-sector/

178 Sofia Lundmark, Master Mariner, Knutsen OAS

I like the lifestyle and I have been doing it for twenty years

Meet Sofia Lundmark, Master Mariner, who loves her work and is very honest about that. She loves the lifestyle of a seafarer, and she knows she will always be working in shipping.

We discuss digitalisation, electronic paperwork, HSQE Health, safety, quality and environment, and why. We touch upon the fact that few people see the reason behind all rules and regulations and that it takes a very long time to put them into force. 

We...

https://shippingpodcast.com/178-sofia-lundmark-master-mariner-knutsen-oas/

Demand growing for greater focus on diversity, equality and inclusivity in shipping, reports DSG Annual Review

Demand growing for greater focus on diversity, equality and inclusivity in shipping, reports DSG Annual Review 

Heidi Heseltine
  • 2021 Annual Review highlights lack of ethnic and female representation at senior levels of the maritime industry
  • DEI issues increasingly important to employees and a key tool to attract and retain talent
  • Growing demand from employers for better DEI data to benchmark progress and foster more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces

LONDON, UK – 18 November 2021: Shippi...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/18/demand-growing-for-greater-focus-on-diversity-equality-and-inclusivity-in-shipping-reports-dsg-annual-review/

Fail of Human Rights In The Pandemic Results

Authoritarian regimes had imposed drastic curbs on rights and freedoms and had used the virus as a pretext to restrict free speech and stifle dissent, says an article published in The Guardian.

UN Secretary General’s Thoughts

The world is facing a “pandemic of human rights abuses”, the UN secretary general António Guterres has said.

Writing exclusively in the Guardian, Guterres said the Covid-19 pandemic had rolled back years of progress on human rights, and that abuses had “thrived because...

https://mfame.guru/fail-of-human-rights-in-the-pandemic-results/