About the number of women in the maritime industry, find out what are the main reasons behind the small number in this modality

In 1988, few maritime training institutes opened their doors to students women. Realize that the year was 1988 and a lot has changed since then. It's been 30 years and what has changed? In Brazil, training and access to a career only took place in 2000 with the first group of female practitioners.

New questions then arose. How would they have to act on board the ships? There were no women as officers, there was no one to ask about how to behave on board, how to act in cases of disrespect, among other questions.

In 2015, Lloyd Maritime Institute was among institutes providing professional training programs known as the Women's Integration in the Maritime Sector, with resolutions adopted to ensure access to maritime training and employment opportunities for women in the maritime sector. Today, LMI's women in maritime programs are still going strong after 5 years of activity.

As women graduates of LMI have a positive impact as role models to encourage new women to engage in the maritime field and undergo high-level training that encourages them to pursue a career.

Author's text Anderson Weimar Souza de Oliveira, 1st Engineer Officer / Chief Engineer – III/2. If you want to visit his profile and get in touch, click here.

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