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2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry

The New Yorker, Cartoon Online

2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry

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 58.6% of women over 16 (72 million)were labor force participants—working or looking for work.  46.8 % of the total U.S. labor force was women; Women are projected to account for 46.9% of the labor force in 2018.  Women are projected to account for 51.2 % of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.  66 million women were employed in the U.S.—73 % Full-time / 27% Part-time  41% percent- management, professional, and related occupations; 32% - sales and office occupations; 21% - service occupations; 5 % production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and 1% - natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.

2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry

 13.6% of the Army  6.8% Marine Corps  16.4% Navy  19.1% Air Force  14.5% Total DoD  15.7% Coast Guard  Coast Guard Academy – 33% women  SUNY Maritime Academy & MARAD – Women on the Water 2012 15 female graduates 2002, 30 in 2010 Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WITSA) was formed in 1974, and now has 1,200 members.

Emily Dickinson, Poet “Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door”

2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry

 Work Hard Pays Off  Seek opportunity and seize it Kristin Decas CEO & Port, Director, Port of Hueneme