Empowering Women Fuels Thriving Economies

Every year the International Maritime Organization (IMO) celebrates World Maritime Day. The World Maritime Day theme for the year is “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”.

This theme is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of gender equality, in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to highlight the important – yet under-utilised – contribution of women within the maritime sector.

The theme gives IMO the opportunity to work with various maritime stakeholders towards achieving the SDGs, particularly SDG 5, to foster an environment in which women are identified and selected for career development opportunities in maritime administrations, ports and maritime training institutes and to encourage more conversation for gender equality in the maritime space.

Empowering women fuels thriving economies across the world, spurs growth and development, and benefits

We are encouraging all members to come full force and march with us to mark this occasion with the welcoming theme “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”. Joeli Bili, Project officer.

everyone working in the global maritime community in the drive towards safe, secure, clean and sustainable shipping.

Here in Fiji, this will be celebrated tomorrow. The network which is a corporate member of the Women in Maritime Association (Fiji) is part of the celebration.

This day will be marked with a march from the Suva Flea Market to Sukuna Park at 9am. Everyone is urged to be at Suva Flea Market by 8.30am.

Majority of the events will take place on Sukuna Park.

“We are encouraging all members to come full force and march with us to mark this occasion with the welcoming theme “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”, project officer Joeli Bili said.

The official programme is facilitated

by the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF).

Meanwhile the Fiji WIMA is selling personalised Bula shirts for men and women selling at $45 a piece.

Source: Women in Fisheries Network - Fiji.