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Journal of the Union of Scientists - Varna. Maritime Sciences Series

Challenges for women in the maritime industry

Anna Karadencheva, Rositsa Nedeva

Abstract

The development of shipping in the world presents all the greater challenges and prospects for the professional realization of women in the sector. The reasons for this can be found both in the growing needs of personnel on the labor market and in the physiological and psychological demands on the individual specific to the maritime profession. The current state presents the leading factors that influence the motivation of women to work in the shipping industry and highlights the main challenges they face in their professional development.

Keywords

shipping, gender equality, prejudice, women, motivation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14748/isuvmn.v0i0.10201

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