To coincide with Women in Maritime Day on 18 May, RINA historian Mark Barton looks at the life of one of the Institution’s first women members One of the first three female naval architects to be elected to member at the 1919 AGM. Eily Keary graduated from Cambridge with a degree in Mechanical Sciences. In […]
Women often lack the opportunities to pursue technical careers in maritime, believes WISTA International President Elpi Petraki Across the entire maritime sector women account for 29% of the overall workforce, but as data published in the 2021 IMO-WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association) Women in Maritime Survey Report revealed there are enormous disparities not […]
With our 2024 Annual Dinner just around the corner, we sat down with Sue Kingswood, the latest winner of the Eily Keary Maritime Diversity Award to understand more about life since winning the award. The Eily Keary Award, sponsored by BP, recognises the contribution by an individual, organisation, or part of an organisation to increasing […]