Lisa Loloma Froholdt, Erin Williams, and Momoko Kitada, Introduction.- Pamela Tansey, Women at the Helm - 25 years of IMO's gender programme.- Part I Maritime Policy and Women's Advancement: Alison McGarry, Leading Change: The ITF Women's Maritime Leadership Programme.- Aspasia S. Pastra, Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, and Ioannis P. Gkliatis, Board Characteristics and the Presence of Women on the Board of Directors: The Case of The Greek Shipping Sector.- Margarita Davila Cevallos, Participation of Ecuadorian Women in the Maritime Oil Transportation Sector.- Part II Career Development and Gender Issues: Bev Mackenzie, The Leaky Pipeline- Examining and Addressing The Loss of Women at Consecutive Career Stages in Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.- Claudia Grant and Vivette Grant, Women in the Maritime Sector: Surviving and Thriving in a Man's World - A Caribbean Perspective.- Ayse Asli Basak, Women's Role in the Turkish and Global Maritime Industry.- Momoko Kitada, Absent Mother Sailors: How Possible is it to Do the Impossible?.- Part III Maritime Educatiion and Research - Impact of Women: Chen Qi, Let Numbers Speak: Job Opportunities and International Exchange Programs for Female Maritime Cadets.- Maria Bostroem Cars and Cecilia OEsterman, Mind the Gap! Maritime Education for Gender-Equal Career Advancement.- Rozane Valente Marins and Juliana Berninger da Costa, Are Women Contributing Equally to the Oceanography Science in Brazil?.- Wilson Thoya Baya, Education for Career-building: How Women in the Maritime Industry Can Use Education to Improve Knowledge, Skills, Organizational Learning and Development, and Knowledge Transfer.- Part IV Global Leadership for Maritime Women: Anniek Wouters, Women Leadership in Maritime Law Firms: The Antwerp Case.- Olga Delgado Ortega, Kjell Ivar Overgard, and Veronica Henden, Women Are Better Leaders Than They Think: Gender Differences in the Self-Assessment of Leadership Skills in the Maritime Industry.- Pinar OEzdemir and Taner Albayrak, How to Cope with Second-Generation Gender Bias in Male-Dominated Occupations.- Karin Orsel, Women in Shipping: Navigating to the Top.- Part V Sustainable Issues in Shipping - Women's Contribution: Pengfei Zhang and Minghua Zhao, Chinese Women Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects.- Colin J. Stevenson, Sustainable Development Issues in Shipping: Women, The Under-Represented Human Resource.- Marlene Calderon, Diana Illing, Ingrid Schipperen, and Pedro Antao, Improving the Current Regime for Ship Safety Inspections - Opportunities for Technology Research and Women Employment.- Conclusion.
