Identify the gap or existing challenge in the implementation of diversity and inclusion.

Training and Educating women in Maritime Industry
It is possible to increase the opportunities for women in maritime operations via education and skill in the field. Reform would be necessary to reduce the everyday biases experienced by female workers in the marine sector. There is little doubt that efforts to increase the number of women working in the maritime business are ongoing, despite the many obstacles. Shipping and seafaring have been more varied in race, class, and nationality from the beginning of marine travel (Doe, 2019). Sailors are employed by a broad range of private enterprises and organizations in the global market. The male gender still dominates the international marine community since many seafaring vocations are still reserved for males.
This may be done by increasing educational and training possibilities for women who want to work in marine operations. Discrimination against women in the maritime sector may be lessened by changing the business’s culture. Despite the rise in the percentage of female workers, initiatives to diversify the workforce may improve prospects for women in the shipping sector even further. In this highly specialized and worldwide business, sailors are employed by many organizations and individuals. Consequently, the international marine community is highly biased in favor of men, who occupy many maritime vocations (Arulnayagam, 2020). There is a lot of hope since more and more women are studying and training to be marine pilots, the people in charge of guiding ships at sea.
All the previous studies on shipping industry acknowledge that the industry lacks diversity and inclusion since it has been male dominated since the eighteenth century (Kitada, 2020), the literatures have not identified the factors that influence the perceptions diversity and inclusion in the shipping industry as well as the factors that hinder the implementation of diversity and inclusion in the industry. This research will determine the factors in order to fill the gap left by the previous studies on the study of maritime industry.
Project Objectives
The purpose of the research was to determine:
Factors influencing the perception of gender diversity and inclusion
Identify the gap or existing challenge in the implementation of diversity and inclusion.
Conduct qualitative and quantitative research at regional and management on the perception of gender diversity and inclusion within shipping organizations.