Regional
WIMA Associations
Since 1988, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as a United Nations specialized agency, launched a programme for the Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector (IWMS). The programme facilitated the launch of regional associations for women managers in the maritime and port sectors. To-date, the following Women in Maritime (WIMA) associations have been established:
Pacific Women in Maritime Association (PacWIMA)
established February 2004 / re-launched April 2016
https://www.facebook.com/PacWIMA/
Network for Professional Women in the Maritime and Port Sectors of the West and Central Africa region
established February 2007
Arab International Women’ s Maritime Forum for MENA and Africa
established July 2007
Association for Women Managers in the maritime sector of the Eastern and Southern Africa (WOMESA)
established December 2007
https://womesa.org/
Association for Women Managers in the Maritime Sector, Asia (WIMA-ASIA)
established January 2010
Forum for Women Managers in the Maritime Sector, Latin America
established March 2012
Women in Maritime Caribbean Association (WIMAC)
established April 2015
https://www.facebook.com/WiMACaribbean/