Turkish Women Seafarers and A Quastionnaire Study on Employment Situation

• Autorzy: Yilmaz H. , Basar E. , Ozdemir U.

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DOI

10.12716/1001.10.02.18

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Throughout history, women have struggled to gain a place and establish their presence in social life. Mostly, they have continued their life in the position of carrying out family responsibilities. When women want to get involved in the business world, they are facing some problems arising from dogmatic thinking and prejudices, especially among the professions with "male-dominated" judiciary. Maritime profession, one of the oldest professions in the world, was also regarded as a single-gender area until the 20th century. However, in recent years, economical and political changes in the world, equal opportunity in education and incentive works of the International Maritime Organization have led women to work as seafarers. Although female seafarers constitute 2% of the world seafarers, this ratio is higher in developed countries than that of undeveloped or developing countries (URL-1). There is very little information regarding women seafarers in general, including the actual population size. Most of studies focus on passenger ships or cruise ships, not cargo ships (Sohyun, 2010). It is difficult to find relevant studies regarding women seafarers in the world, including in Turkey. In Turkey, women have played an active role and gained an apparent identity in the maritime sector since the 2000s. According to 2015 data, Turkey is ranks the 14th in the world maritime trade with more than 27,6 million deadweight tonnage and manages 1530 vessels (UNCTAD, 2015). In Turkey, many studies related to the employment of seafarers are carried out as in the whole world. However, studies on the employment of women seafarers should be paid more attention. In this study, a questionnaire was carried out with the personnel department managers in Turkish shipping companies. Employment, career, educational status of female seafarers and the general difficulties they face were revealed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Turkish Women Seafarers; employment situation; crew resource management; seafarers; Turkish; maritime profession; women seafarers; female seafarers; gender; Turkish shipping companies; ships crew

• Wydawca: Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University
• Czasopismo: TransNav : International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 10, no. 2
• Strony: 353--360
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Yilmaz H.

• Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

autor

Basar E.

• Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

autor

Ozdemir U.

• Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Bibliografia

• 1 Aşkın, F. (2016), Türkiye’de Denizci Kadınların Geçmişi ve Bugünü (Women Seafarers’ History and Today in Turkey), Denizcilik Dergisi, page 66‐70, Mart‐Nisan 2016, İstanbul, ISSN 1308‐8629 (in Turkish)
• 2 e‐Maritime Database, 2013. Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry of Turkish Republic, General Directorate of Marine and Inland Waters, December 2013
• 3 “Employment and Career Situations of Women Seafarers at Turkish Fleet” Interview Documents, 2013
• 4 ILO (2007), ABC of Women Workersʹ Rights And Gender Equality, International Labour Organization
• 5 ILO (2010), Maternity at work: A review of national legislation. Findings from the ILOʹs Conditions of Work and Employment Database, Second edition, International Labour Organization
• 6 Popescu, C.,Varsami, A.E. (2010), LatestTrends on EngineeringEducation. In: Dondon P. and Martin O.(ed), The Place of Women in a Men’s World from a Maritime University Perspective, Corfu Island, Greece, pp. 182‐186
• 7 Sohyun, J. (2010), Why not women seafarers? Towards a development strategy for the recruitment and retention of women seafarers in cargo ships with particular reference to the Republic of Korea, Msc Thesis, World Maritime University
• 8 UNCTAD (2015), Review of Maritime Transport 2015, United Nations Publication, eISBN: 978‐92‐1‐057410‐5
• 9 UN (2010), The Worldʹs Women 2010 Trends and Statistics, United Nations, New York
• 10 URL‐1, http://www.itfseafarers.org/ITI‐womenseafarers. cfm December, 2013
• 11 WHO (2003), Mental Health Legislation & Human Rights, World Health Organization, ISBN 92 4 154595 x World Bank (2012), World Development Report 2012, Gender Equality And Development, Washington DC, eISBN: 978‐0‐8213‐8812‐9

Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.