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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  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. http://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/stats_data.htm

2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry  13.6% of the Army Women's International  6.8% Marine Corps Shipping & Trading  16.4% Navy Association (WITSA) was formed in 1974,  19.1% Air Force and now has 1,200  14.5% Total DoD members.  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

2012 AAPA Annual Conference Women in the Maritime Industry Emily Dickinson, Poet “Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door”  Work Hard Pays Off  Seek opportunity and seize it Kristin Decas CEO & Port, Director, Port of Hueneme