International Day for Women in Maritime 2025
Observed globally on 18 May each year.
Join us to celebrate the International Day for Women in Maritime 2025!
An Ocean of Opportunities for Women Symposium
IMO is organizing a Symposium under the theme An Ocean of Opportunities for Women to celebrate the 2025 International Day for Women in Maritime.
Date: 16 May 2025
Time: 2:30 pm
Place: IMO Headquarters, London, and live streamed on IMO's YouTube channel.
Programme: A detailed programme for the event will be issued in due course.
Registration: please find details on how to register here.
As part of the event, IMO will host the presentation of:
Gender Equality Award Ceremony - Ms. Karin Orsel, nominated by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, will receive the IMO Gender Equality Award 2025, per the decision of the Council at its 133rd session. Find more information about previous Awards and winner here.
IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime Survey 2024 - IMO and WISTA International conducted the second global Women in Maritime Survey 2024. The Survey aimed at gathering important baseline data about women’s participation in the maritime and ocean fields. The final Report will be published in May 2025 and presented during the International Day for Women in Maritime. The results of the first survey, conducted in 2021, can be downloaded here.
More information about the event: Circular Letter No.4968
Social Media celebrations
IMO invites women in maritime and everyone in the maritime industry to celebrate the day on social media using the hashtag #WomenInMaritimeDay, tagging IMO on X; LinkedIn; Instagram; and Facebook.
Background
The IMO International Day for Women in Maritime is observed on 18 May every year.
The day celebrates women in the industry and is intended to promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, raise the profile of women in maritime, strengthen IMO's commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender equality) and support work to address the current gender imbalance in maritime.
IMO Member States, the maritime industry, and all others in the maritime endeavour are invited to promote and celebrate the International Day for Women in Maritime.
Learn more about the IMO's Women in Maritime Programme here.
See all details about previous International Day for Women in Maritime here.