Seafaring, as a traditionally male-dominated industry, continues to have very few female seafarers, with approximately 2% globally being women. This paper draws on the findings of a study that considered both the experiences of women seafarers working in the UK shipping industry and the views of key industry stakeholder representatives, and asks what must be done to improve those experiences? Responses across the industry suggest that all women seafarers will experience some form of harassment during their careers, which has significant implications for their occupational health, safety and wellbeing. These experiences reflect failures of leadership in developing and promoting a safe and inclusive onboard culture. This paper calls for fundamental change within the industry, including improvements in training and leadership to reflect modern seafaring and diversity on board. It also calls for relevant policy and strategic changes to be based on the views of seafarers and their representatives. It concludes that improving the experiences of women on board will improve the occupational health, safety and wellbeing of all seafarers, regardless of gender or any other characteristic or classification.

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海洋空间中的性别：如何改善在英国航运业工作的女性海员的经历？

航海作为一个传统上以男性为主的行业，女性海员仍然很少，全球约有 2% 是女性。本文借鉴了一项研究的结果，该研究考虑了在英国航运业工作的女性海员的经历和主要行业利益相关者代表的观点，并询问必须采取哪些措施来改善这些经历？整个行业的反应表明，所有女性海员在其职业生涯中都会遭受某种形式的骚扰，这对她们的职业健康、安全和福祉产生重大影响。这些经历反映了领导层在发展和促进安全和包容的船上文化方面的失败。本文呼吁行业内发生根本性变革，包括改进培训和领导力，以反映现代航海和船上的多样性。它还呼吁根据海员及其代表的观点进行相关政策和战略变革。它的结论是，改善船上女性的经验将改善所有海员的职业健康、安全和福祉，无论性别或任何其他特征或分类如何。