The July/August edition of Marine Technology Reporter, the 15th Annual "MTR100", features WMU President, Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, as an Ocean Influencer and leader on issues impacting the international shipping industry, maritime law and gender equality in ocean-related fields.
The July/August edition of Marine Technology Reporter, the 15th Annual "MTR100", recognizes Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, president of the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden, as a leading "Ocean Influencer." She is a leader on issues impacting the international shipping industry, maritime law and gender equality in ocean-related fields. She is a distinguished academic in the field of international law, justice drives her motivation for social and environmental change on a global scale.
Born and raised in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Doumbia-Henry grew up surrounded by maritime culture, where the Caribbean Sea and the shipping industry have a large impact on the economy and daily life.
Doumbia-Henry attended the Cave Hill Campus of the University of West Indies in Barbados, where she graduated with an upper second-class degree in law. She later completed a master’s in law and earned the opportunity to pursue a PhD in international law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and the University of Geneva.
In 2015, Doumbia-Henry became the president of WMU, an institution that educates future leaders in the maritime and ocean sectors and conducts research in crucial fields.
It is worth noting that the MTWTU and Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry have longstanding friendly and partnership relations. As the Director of the International Labor Standards Department of the International Labor Organization, Dr. Doumbia-Henry was the ideologist for the creation of the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC, 2006) and repeatedly visited Ukraine.
Unfortunately, for so many years of the Convention's existence Ukraine has not been able to join it, despite the fact that it is one of the main providers of seafarers to the international labor market. Nevertheless, the MTWTU team has not given up and hopes that the situation will soon change for the better.
In the meantime, the Union joins in congratulating Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry and thanks her for her many years of friendship and cooperation.
