[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ module_class=”reverse-columns-mobile” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.3″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” min_height=”44px” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Credits: iStock\/ marzacz, WISTA Germany, privat[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” bottom_divider_style=”waves2″ bottom_divider_color=”#DFE6EE” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]The Senator for Economic Affairs and Innovation, Dr Melanie Leonhard, welcomed around 200 guests in Hamburg with the message: \u201cWe cannot afford to forgo our female workers in the shortage of skilled workers that we are faced with today.\u201d A message that Judith Musau, press officer at WISTA Germany, can fully get behind. \u201cEvents like this are important in raising public awareness of the goals of our organisation \u2013 diversity, inclusion and the advancement of women\u2019s rights,\u201d explained Musau. Although the visibility of women in leadership positions has increased in recent years, as it stands, only two per cent of sailors worldwide are female.<\/p>\n
In light of this, WISTA has been operating successfully since 1974 on international soil and across all oceans, with the aim to offer its members the opportunity to network and train. \u201cWe are proud that WISTA Germany is continuing to grow with more than 180 members and that we are one of 55 countries in the WISTA International network. In 2022, we reached the 4,000-member mark worldwide,\u201d remarked Franziska Eckhoff, President of WISTA Germany. <\/p>\n
Since the founding of WISTA, the shipping industry has undergone major changes, including globalisation, the implementation of new technologies and the introduction of strict environmental standards and sustainability initiatives. And WISTA has grown with the industry. The organisation plays a key role in raising awareness about equal opportunities and career prospects for women in the maritime sector. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Portrait_800_01.png” title_text=”Portrait_800_01″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]The new board of WISTA Germany (L-R) Angela Raabe (event manager), Franziska Eckhoff (president), Irina Carbunaru (vice president), Nadine Kornblum (contact person), Sieke Kremer-Tiedchen (compliance manager) and Marina R\u00f6hl (treasurer and head of the diversity project group). Judith Musau (not pictured) appears in the bottom corner.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
Musau feels that the history of the organisation is shaped, in particular, by four cornerstones. Since 2017, these have included scholarships, which are awarded in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) to individuals nominated by WISTA International, as well as the annual WISTA International conferences, which connect members worldwide. WISTA also offers mentoring programmes, run independently and in cooperation with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to promote young women in their careers \u2013 giving them the opportunity to be coached by professionally experienced women. Last but not least, WISTA has had consultative status with the IMO since 2018. This allows the organisation to contribute the expertise of its female members to various IMO initiatives, such as the development of a speaker bank for women in the maritime industry. It is called the \u201cIMO WISTA Maritime Speakers Bureau\u201d and is intended to end the tradition of all-male speaking panels in the industry. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Portrait_800_02.png” title_text=”Portrait_800_02″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]The WISTA Annual General Meeting in June set the course for the future. In total, WISTA Germany has over 180 members.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ custom_margin=”||40px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
With these kinds of services behind the organisation, Musau sends a clear message: \u201cThere needs to be more women in leadership positions, and a cultural shift is required in order to create a more inclusive and diverse working environment.\u201d To ensure this theory becomes reality, it is necessary, amongst other things, to improve the prospects for women in the industry and create more opportunities for their education and training. Marina R\u00f6hl, treasurer at WISTA Germany, is confident: \u201cWomen are strong collaborators, they have effective communication skills and emotional intelligence. What\u2019s more, they are highly skilled organisers and bring a different approach.\u201d The way she sees it, this unique mix of competences enables women to promote diversity and integration in the workplace. \u201cIt is therefore important for the future of international shipping to recognise gender diversity as a strength and to benefit from the synergy of experience and competences that arises when both genders join forces,\u201d said R\u00f6hl, outlining her perspective \u2013 one which many of her colleagues at WISTA share. (bre)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_7″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Startseite \/ Artikel” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_blurb title=”Info” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”16px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_blurb_title=”display: inline-block!important;||background: #002754!important;||padding: 5px 13px 3px 13px!important;||position: relative!important;” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#002754″ global_colors_info=”{}” header_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” header_text_color__hover=”rgba(255,255,255,0.71)” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n WISTA Germany held its Annual General Meeting in June at the Digital Logistics Hub in Hamburg. Besides various project groups presenting their work from the past year and plans for the coming year, the members elected a new vice president to the Board, Irina Carbunaru. She succeeded Captain Nicole Langosch, who held the position for the last four years. Two board members, Judith Musau and Sieke Kremer-Tiedchen, were also re-elected as press spokesperson and compliance manager, respectively.<\/p>\nWISTA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<\/h2>\n