EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF FEMALE SEAFARERS IN THE CONTEXT OF MARITIME APPRENTICESHIP

Abstract

In the presented article, we address the issue of gender inequality in the context of seafarer labor market. In particular, attention was paid to inequalities experienced by women in the first stages of their professional career, including a period of maritime apprenticeship held by female cadets of "maritime navigation" as a field of higher education studies. The analyzes presented here include diagnosis of specific problems faced by cadets during a period of apprenticeship, in the context of its cultural and social conditions. The results of the research induced the authors to suggest desired changes in the field of maritime higher education, which could in the future contribute to the easier entry of women into the maritime labor market and remain on it, due to more stable and transparent conditions for developing their professional careers.