BlueRights warmly congratulates Professor Momoko Kitada, Leader of Sub-Working Group 3.2 on Well-Being and Mental Health, on receiving the IMO Gender Equality Award. Presented by IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, the award recognises her outstanding contribution to advancing gender equality in the maritime sector. A former seafarer and leading maritime academic, Professor Kitada has helped shape more inclusive maritime education, research, and governance, placing people at the heart of safer and more sustainable shipping.
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