Women have enough battles to fight without taking on the male species as well. A lot of work has already been done on account of the next generation of women in shipping. I believe their future will be easier because the path has now been paved. Women have to fight much more, make many more sacrifices than men, to achieve their goals, especially if they are trying to raise a family at the same time as developing a career. Our ability to juggle several projects and lifestyles at the same time makes us a workforce with terrific flexibility.
Women adapt easily in difficult situations.
To be ready to educate and develop other women and, secondly, to provide networking opportunities between women in authority in their respective companies and organisations. We want to meet other women with whom we can do business, to pick up the phone and ask for new business from them, which is exactly what men do. In terms of the next generation of women in the shipping workplace, women these days have set the pattern for the future. They are seen and heard at work, no longer willing to stay in the background. Shipping will catch up with the rest of the working world over the next decade.