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Women, Peace, and Security: Maritime Security

This research guide provides information and resources such as journal articles, book titles, websites, and government reports/papers on the subject of Women, Peace, and Security

Journal Articles

Empowering Women in the Maritime Community
WMU J Marit Affairs, 2019
Is Maritime Security Gender-Blind?
ScienceDirect 2022

Online Articles

Angling for Equality: Why Women are Vital to Maritime Security
Secure Fisheries, 2018
Battling Inequality
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, 2022
Charting a New Course: Women, Peace and Security, and the Maritime Domain
Our Secure Future, 2020
Charting a New Course: WPS & the Maritime Domain
Our Secure Future, August 2020
Deep Dive Recap: Counter Terrorism and the Gender Perspective
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2023
Diversity in the Maritime Industry
The Mission to Seafarers
Effects of Forced Labor and Trafficking in Persons on Female Relatives of Male Fishers
Plan International 2021
Gender Perspectives in Maritime Security Seminar Report
Maritime Security and the Environment: How Women Protect and Defend Southeast Asia’s Future Prosperity
Pacific Forum, 2021
Seasonal Workers Exploited for Forced Labour in Fishing Industry
Hope for Justice, 2022
Virtual Roundtable on Women in Maritime and Port Security
OAS, Organization of American States
Virtual Roundtable on Women in Maritime and Port Security
Women in Africa’s Maritime Space
Institute for Security Studies, 2020
Women in Maritime
International Maritime Organization (IMO), 2019
Women in Maritime
Djibouti Code OF Conduct (DCOC)
Women in Maritime Survey 2021
A study of maritime companies and IMO Member States’ maritime authorities, WISTA International, 2021
Women In Shipping: Overcoming Obstacles and Making Strides
Maritime Fairtrade, 2023
Women in the Maritime Domain: Breaking the barriers
UNODC
Women in the Maritime Industry
The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), 2022
Women in the Maritime Industry Celebrated
Australian Government Defence, 2022
Women Seafarers: Fighting Against the Tide?
International Labour Organization, ILO
Women to Serve on Korean Submarines from 2024
The Korean Herald, 2023
Women Who Have Chosen Sailing as a Career Have Broken Stereotypes: MoS External Affairs and Culture
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, 2022

Reports/ Documents

Regional Strategy for Pacific Women In Maritime 2020– 2024
Pacific Community, 2019
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
UNSCR1325 and Maritime Security: Advancing Women's Empowerment at Sea
Max Planck Yearbook of UN Law Online

Websites

IMO, International Maritime Organization
Maritime Facts and Figures: Women in Maritime