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Top Danish shipping positions filled by men – women represent just one in five

The Danish shipping and transportation sector wants more women in the industry. But today, only one in five on carriers’ top management teams and boards are women, reveals ShippingWatch’s research. It requires ”a long, hard pull” to increase the share, says lobby group Danish Shipping.
Tuesday, Maersk held its annual general meeting, in which Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla stepped down from the board. After the AGM, three out of ten board members are now women. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
Tuesday, Maersk held its annual general meeting, in which Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla stepped down from the board. After the AGM, three out of ten board members are now women. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
by ASTRID STURLASON

Ambitions on diversity, focused initiatives and recruitment as well as retention of women are – at least on paper – high on the Danish shipping industry’s agenda.

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