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Most shipping lines are reluctant to hire women seafarers even as demand for such cadres grow in the shipping industry.
That is according to a new survey analysing trends in the industry, as well as revelations made during interviews with trained women seafarers.
The survey by Women in Maritime Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa (Womesa) shows that women comprise only two per cent of cadres employed as cadets, officers and captains.
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