总部位于荷兰的MF航运集团的联合创始人兼首席执行官Karin Orsel女士被选为2025年国际海事组织性别平等奖的获得者。

该奖项授予在促进海事部门性别平等和增强妇女权能方面做出重大贡献的个人。

国际海事组织理事会在伦敦举行的第133届会议（2024年11月18日至22日）上批准Orsel女士为2025年获奖者。颁奖仪式将于2025年5月举行，同时庆祝国际海事妇女日（5月18日）。

真实与勇气

评委会成员强调，Orsel女士“长期致力于积极的改变，在逆境中坚持自己认为正确的事情，表现出真诚和勇气”。

Orsel女士18岁开始在航运业工作，23岁时与人共同创立了MF航运集团。此后，这家船舶管理公司从仅管理6艘船舶发展成为拥有55艘船舶、1000多名船员和80名办公室工作人员的船队。

作为首席执行官20多年来，她一直努力在公司实现包容性文化，招聘多元化人才，提供指导机会，并积极支持促进海事多样性的计划和举措。

她曾担任国际妇女航运与贸易协会（WISTA International）和荷兰WISTA的主席，此外还是国际航运协会（ICS）、国际独立油轮船东协会（INTERTANKO）和荷兰皇家船东协会（KVNR）等主要海事机构的董事会成员。

她目前担任欧洲共同体船东协会（ECSA）主席和国际海员福利和援助网络（ISWAN）主席，利用她的职位倡导该行业的性别平等、海员福利和可持续发展措施。

表彰信

理事会决定向以下提名者颁发表彰信，以表彰他们通过最佳做法和全球各地的各种举措为妇女赋权所做的贡献：

Flavia Takafashi女士被巴西提名为巴西国家机构（Antaq）主任，她为通过政策和举措以确保将性别考虑纳入Antaq的监管框架做出了贡献。她对多样性和包容性问题的积极倡导、对优质教育的支持以帮助增强妇女权能以及她的榜样作用，为在传统上由男性主导的行业中实现更具包容性和公平的环境做出了重大贡献。

詹春培（Chunpei Zhan音译）船长，因其作为中国第一位远洋公务船女船长的成就而获得中国提名，她倡导建立中国女性海事毕业生在船舶上获得平等就业机会的机制，并与学校的幼儿接触，以促进海事事业和对该行业的热情。

凯蒂·韦尔（Katy Ware）女士获得国际航运协会（ICS）提名，因为她在整个职业生涯中致力于倡导多样性，她的领导能力令人印象深刻，在她的团队中促进积极变革，以确保安全的工作场所，思想多样性和性别平衡，以及她对英国和其他代表团中的女性进行指导，为她们提供技能和个人信心，以在国际海事组织的工作中发挥领导作用。韦尔女士于2011年至2024年担任联合王国常驻海事组织代表。

Elvia Adelina Bustavino Cedeño女士由巴拿马提名，以表彰她在担任巴拿马海事局副局长、理事会成员和拉丁美洲海事局妇女网络（MAMLa）主席期间率先采取的举措，包括创建“与MAMLa一起喝咖啡”活动和修改巴拿马国际海事大学奖学金计划的规定，以确保奖学金颁发中的性别平等。



Jung-Min女士由大韩民国提名，她在成立韩国海事妇女协会（WIMA Korea）方面发挥了重要作用，随后担任该协会副主席，并努力为女性学员实施为期三个月的全球海事能力提升培训计划，尽管她们持有能力证书，但很难在船上找到工作。Jung博士支持他们后来在国际商船上担任三副或更高职位。

国际海事组织性别平等奖

国际海事组织性别平等奖的设立是为了表彰为促进海事部门性别平等和增强妇女权能作出重大贡献的个人，无论其性别如何。第一次提名是在2023年，为2024年的奖项。

2025年奖的提名由一个评估小组审议，该小组由国际海事组织秘书长Arsenio Dominguez先生担任主席，以及WISTA国际组织的代表；国际运输工人联合会(ITF)；INTERTANKO；两个属于IMOGENder网络的IMO成员国；以及海事组织理事会副主席一起组成。

提名可由以下人员提出：联合国的成员国和观察员组织、专门机构、计划署和基金；与海事组织订立合作协定或安排的政府间组织；以及具有海事组织咨商地位的非政府国际组织。

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英文原文

Ms. Karin Orsel, co-founder and CEO of the MF Shipping Group based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has been selected to receive the 2025 IMO Gender Equality Award.



The Award is bestowed on individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in the maritime sector.



The IMO Council endorsed Ms. Orsel as the 2025 recipient during its 133rd session held in London (18 to 22 November 2024). The ceremony to present the Award will take place in May 2025, alongside celebrations for the International Day for Women in Maritime (18 May).



Authenticity and courage 



Members of the assessment panel for the Award emphasized Ms. Orsel’s “longstanding commitment to positive change, with true authenticity and courageously standing up for what she believed was right in the face of adversity.”



Ms. Orsel began working in the industry aged 18 and co-founded the MF Shipping Group aged 23. The ship management company has since grown from managing just six ships, to a fleet of more than 55 vessels with over 1,000 seafaring crew members and 80 office staff.



As CEO for more than 20 years, she has strived to achieve an inclusive culture at her company, recruiting diverse talent, offering mentorship opportunities and actively supporting programmes and initiatives that promote diversity in maritime.



She previously served as President of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) and WISTA The Netherlands, in addition to being a member of the board of key maritime bodies, including the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) and the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR).



She currently serves as President of the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) and Chair of the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), leveraging her positions to advocate for gender equality, seafarer welfare and sustainability measures in the industry.



Letters of Commendation 



The Council decided to award Letters of Commendation to the following nominees, to highlight their dedication to women’s empowerment through best practices and various initiatives across the globe:



Ms. Flavia Takafashi, nominated by Brazil for her role as Director of the Brazilian National Agency (Antaq) and her contributions to the adoption of policies and initiatives to ensure that gender considerations were integrated into Antaq’s regulatory framework. Her vocal advocacy for matters of diversity and inclusion, her support of quality education to help empower women and her role modelling have significantly contributed to the achievement of a more inclusive and equitable environment in an industry traditionally dominated by men.



Captain Chunpei Zhan, nominated by China for her achievement as China’s first female captain of an ocean-going official vessel, her advocacy work to promote the establishment of a mechanism to secure equal employment opportunities on ships for female maritime graduates in China, and her engagement with young children in schools to promote maritime careers and a passion for the sector.



Ms. Katy Ware, nominated by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), for her commitment to championing diversity throughout her career and her impressive leadership, promoting positive change within her teams to ensure a safe workplace, with diversity of thought and gender balance, as well as her mentoring of women within the United Kingdom and other delegations, to provide them with the skills and personal confidence to take up leading roles in IMO’s work. Ms. Ware was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the IMO from 2011 to 2024.



Ms. Elvia Adelina Bustavino Cedeño, nominated by Panama, for the initiatives she spearheaded during her roles as Deputy Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority, member of the Governing Council and subsequent President of the Network of Women of the Maritime Authorities of Latin America (MAMLa), including the creation of the “Coffee with MAMLa” events and the modification of the regulations of the Panama International Maritime University’s scholarship programme, to guarantee gender parity in the awarding of scholarships.



Ms. Jung Min, nominated by the Republic of Korea, for the important role she played in the establishment of the Women in Maritime Association Korea (WIMA Korea) and her subsequent work as the Vice-President of the Association, as well as her efforts to implement a three-month global maritime competency enhancement training programme for female trainees who found it challenging to secure onboard employment despite holding certificates of competence. Dr. Jung supported their subsequent employment as third officers or higher on international merchant vessels.

IMO Gender Equality Award

The IMO Gender Equality Award was established to recognize individuals, irrespective of their gender, who have made significant contributions to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in the maritime sector. The first nominations were made in 2023, for the 2024 award.

Nominations for the 2025 Award were considered by an Assessment Panel comprising of IMO Secretary-General Mr. Arsenio Dominguez as Chair, along with representatives from WISTA International; the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF); INTERTANKO; two IMO Member States who are Members of the IMOGENder Network; and the Vice-Chair of the IMO Council.

Nominations may be made by Member States and observer organizations, specialized agencies, programmes and funds of the United Nations system; intergovernmental organizations with which IMO has established cooperative agreements or arrangements; and non-governmental international organizations in consultative status with IMO.

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