International Day for Women in Maritime 2025

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Join us to celebrate the International Day for Women in Maritime 2025!

Observed globally on 18 May each year, the IMO International Day for Women in Maritime seeks to raise the profile of women in maritime, while promoting their recruitment, retention and sustained employment in the sector. 

IMO will celebrate the 2025 International Day for Women in Maritime with several events and actions, including: 

  • Social media -  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.

  • Gender Equality Award Ceremony - As part of the celebrations, IMO will host the presentation of the 2025 IMO Gender Equality Award Ceremony. Find more information about previous Awards and winner here. 

  • IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime Survey 2024 - IMO and WISTA International are conducting the second global Women in Maritime Survey 2024. The Survey aims at gathering important baseline data about women’s participation in the maritime and ocean fields. It is open for participation until the end of December 2024. 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.

Stay tuned for more information on the International Day for Women in Maritime 2025!

 

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.