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The Shipping Association of Trinidad & Tobago at the
REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOMEN in MARITIME
ASSOCIATION, CARIBBEAN
INSIDE, WE COVER:
WiMAC
Conference Kick-Off
Plenary & Presentations
Caribbean Women in Maritime
Women’s Development in the Maritime Sector
WiMAC is formed
Highlights from the Conference
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The Women in Maritime Association,
Caribbean
New ground was broken when, at the conclusion of an intensive 5-day conference, the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) was formed.
Conducted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),
the conference was held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree in Montego Bay, Jamaica,
from 13-17th April 2015.
“THE WOMEN IN
MARITIME
ASSOCIATION,
CARIBBEAN, WILL JOIN THE
EXISTING REGIONAL
GROUPS IN FURTHERING
THE OBJECTIVES OF
IMO’S
1988 STRATEGY, WHILE
PROMOTING
THE CONTINUED
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
OF WOMEN IN THE
MARITIME SECTOR
…”
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Conference Kick-off
T
he conference com-
Mrs. Sharon FolkesAbraham, Minister of State
Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce, Jamaica
menced with an official
opening, which included a
Parade of National Flags,
and addresses and remarks
delivered by several high
ranking Female
Government officials including Mrs. Sharon
Folkes-Abraham, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce; Mrs.
Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Transport,
Works & Housing. Senator the Honorable Sandrea Falconer, Minister
without Portfolio in the
Office of the Prime Minister, delivered the keynote
address.
The conference was presided over by IMO’s Senior Deputy Director,
Mrs. Pamela Tansey,
who also addressed the
delegates at the opening.
Rear Admiral Peter
Brady Director
General of
the Maritime Authority of
Jamaica,
and a lead
advocate for
the initiative,
was the Master of Cere- Rear Admiral Peter Brady, Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica,
monies and
Master of Ceremonies
remained at
the conference as an
observer.
Mrs. Audrey Sewell – Permanent Secretary Ministry of
Senator the Honorable Sandrea Falconer
Transport, Jamaica
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of
the Prime Minister
IMO’s Senior Deputy Director, Mrs. Pamela Tansey
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Plenary & Presentations
Presentations were also
delivered by accomplished
women in Maritime, including former President
of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA)
Mrs Corah-Ann Robertson Sylvester, and former
Deputy Director of the
Maritime Services Division in Trinidad; and
now Ag. Caribbean Regional Director and Programme Manager for the
Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth
Youth Programme
(CYP), Ms. Dwynette
Eversley, who spoke on
Perspectives On The
Establishment Of A
Code Of Good Practice
For Gender Mainstreaming In The Maritime
Sector.
Mrs. Antonette Wemyss
Gorman, the first seagoing female to serve in
the Jamaica Defense Force,
and the first female to attain the rank of Commander, spoke on Break-
ing Barriers: Experiences in the Jamaica
Coast Guard. Claudia
paper titled
Women in the
Maritime Sector: Surviving
and Thriving
in a Man's
World, which
“All participating
countries made
presentations
detailing Status
had been presented at an international
Mrs. Corah-Ann Robertson Sylvester, former women's conferPresident of the Caribbean Shipping Assoence at the
ciation
IMO, and which
served as impetus for the 5-day
conference
and subsequent
formation of
WiMAC.
All participating
countries made
presentations
detailing Status
of the
Contribution of
Women to the
Maritime Sector in
their respective
Maritime
Industries.”
of the Contri-
Ms. Dwynette Eversley, former Deputy bution of Women to
Director of the Maritime Services Di- the Maritime Sector
vision in Trinidad; and now Ag. Car- in their respective
ibbean Regional Director and ProMaritime Industries.
gramme Manager for the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth
Youth Programme (CYP), during her
presentation.
Grant, Deputy Director
General of the Maritime
Authority of Jamaica,
and Vivette Grant, Deputy Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute
delivered their
groundbreaking
(left) Mrs Antonette Wemyss Gorman,
during her presentation on Breaking
Barriers: Experiences in the Jamaica
Coast Guard.
Claudia Grant & Vivette Grant
delivered their paper “Women in
the Maritime Sector: Surviving
and Thriving in a Man's World
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Caribbean Women in Maritime
C
ountries represented at the conference were Antigua &
Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, St Lucia, St
Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad’s delegation was lead by Mrs Verna Johnson, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, and comprised the Director Maritime Services Ms Beverly Phillip,
Marine Pilot Ann-Marie Chapman, Consultant and former Deputy Director MSD, current and now Ag. Caribbean Regional Director and Programme Manager for the
Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Ms Dwynette Eversley, and SATT’s
General Manager – E. Joanne Edwards.
Inset (from upper left to right): Former Maritime Services
Division Deuputy Director Ms Dwynette D. Eversley; MSD
Director Ms. Beverly Phillip & Marine Pilot Ann -Marie
Chapman.
(from lower left to right): SATT General Manager Ms,
Elaine J. Edwards; MSD Director Ms. Beverly Phillip, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Ms. Verna
Johnson.
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Background to the Conference
Recognizing the need
Managers in the maritime
These include the Papua
sector of Eastern and
New Guinea Women in
for focused attention to
Southern
Maritime
issues of women’s devel-
(WOMESA);The
opment and well-being in
International
the sector, the Interna-
Maritime
tional Maritime Organiza-
MENA and Africa; The
(WIMAPHIL). The IMO
tion (IMO) in 1997 estab-
Pacific Women Associa-
also played a major role in
lished the Women in Mari-
tion (PacWIMA); The As-
the establishment of a
time Programme for the
sociation
women’s association at the
Integration of Women in
Managers in the Maritime
institutional
the Maritime Sector. This
Sector,
World Maritime Univer-
followed IMO’s 1988
Asia);The
for
sity Women’s Association
Strategy on the Integration
Professional Women in
(WMUWA) in 2014, an
of Women in the Maritime
the Maritime Port Sectors
association which seeks to
Sector (IWMS), which was
of West and Central Af-
forge
introduced as a compre-
rica; and The Forum for
build capacity for women
hensive policy to broaden
Women Managers in the
in the maritime sector,
the capabilities of women
Maritime
while creating a strong
in the maritime sector.
America.
Africa
Arab
Women’s
Forum
for
Asia
for
Women
(WIMA-
Network
Sector,
Latin
Association
(PNGWIMA)
and
the
Women in Maritime, Philippines
Association
level;
connections
foundation
for
the
and
growth
and gradual integration
Since then, the IMO has
Functioning alongside the
into the aforementioned
successfully pioneered the
regional networks are also
established
establishment of several
national chapters which
groups.
regional groups and sup-
have been actively pursu-
port networks to further
ing and promoting the ob-
the objectives of capacity
jectives of the IMO’s 1988
building for women in the
Strategy on the Integration
sector, these being: The
of Women in the Maritime
Association
Sector (IWMS).
of
Women
regional
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WiMAC is formed
The Women in Maritime, Caribbean (WiMAC), will
join the existing regional groups in furthering the objectives
of IMO’s 1988 strategy, while promoting the continued education and training of women in the maritime sector, advocating for gender equality, promoting the protection of the
marine environment and the safe, secure and efficient shipping and port operations; and connecting national, regional
and international organizations with similar objectives.
Elected WiMAC President, Ms. Claudia
Grant (Jamaica)
Several
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AT
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Highlights from the Conference
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Highlights from the Conference-1st Day’s Evening Cocktails