{"id":44240,"date":"2021-03-10T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aivp.org\/international-womens-day-what-do-our-experts-think\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:38:46","slug":"international-womens-day-what-do-our-experts-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/international-womens-day-what-do-our-experts-think\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day: what do our experts think?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Rights Day, celebrated on 8 March, AIVP asked the women in its <a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">network of experts<\/a> to give their views in a short sentence to be shared on social networks. Here is what they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/marie-eve-lemieux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2021-Marie-Eve-LEMIEUX-1140x641.png\" alt=\"quote about women in ports by Marie-Eve LEMIEUX\nBeing a women, in a maritime industry: it is being a member of the crew : if I may use the image; whereas it takes a village to raise a child it takes a crew to bring a vessel at safe arrival. \" class=\"wp-image-44234\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/marie-eve-lemieux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2021-Marie-Eve-LEMIEUX-2-1140x641.png\" alt=\"quote about women in ports by Marie-Eve LEMIEUX\n\u201cBeing a young women, in an executive position in environment in the maritime industry \/ port-city, is a thriving place to be : it brings the very notion of care, sense of community, enhancement, responsibility and team work.\u201c\" class=\"wp-image-44235\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/geraldine-knatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2020-Geraldine-KNATZ-1140x641.png\" alt=\"quote about women in ports by Geraldine KNATZ\n\u201cYou own two things - your name and your integrity. Use one arm to climb the ladder of success and use the other arm to pull a woman up behind you.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-44233\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/geraldine-knatz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2020-Geraldine-KNATZ-2-1140x641.png\" alt=\"quote about women in ports by Geraldine KNATZ\n\u201cPorts are a technological wonder of extreme engineering hidden in plain sight.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-44236\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/hilda-ghiara-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2021-Hilda-GHIARA-1140x641.png\" alt=\"quote about women in ports by Hilda GHIARA\n\u201cIn ports, as elsewhere, women can bring courage. And it is precisely a beautiful port film* that reminds us &quot;courage is understanding one's own life, it is clarifying it, deepening it, establishing it, and yet coordinating it with the general life&quot;.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-44237\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/sabah-zrari-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2021-Sahab-zrari2-1140x641.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIgualdad y singularidades son las dos palabras que me vienen en mente. Igualdad por los derechos y Singularidades por el rol que la mujer ha tenido hist\u00f3ricamente en la transmisi\u00f3n cultural e identitaria, dos aspectos fundamentales del pasado, presente y futuro de una ciudad portuaria.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-44238\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/en\/experts\/carola-hein-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aivp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IWD2021-Carola-HEIN-1140x641.png\" alt=\"Quote about women in ports by Carola HEIN\n\u201cWhen we look at maritime practices and port cities through history, we see a largely male world. There have been some changes, but there is still a lot of work to be done in the port city and maritime world and AIVP can play a key role in promoting and establishing gender equality.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-44239\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Rights Day, celebrated on 8 March, AIVP asked the women in its network of experts to give their views in a short sentence to be shared on social networks. 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