Women Welfare

After years of serving Officers and families, MUI realised the need to have a dedicated Women's wing to deal with specific issues related to Women seafarers and Officers' families. With a growing number of Women seafarers, the need to address grievances faced by them at work has grown manifold.

A support system to address mental well-being and women specific health problems was much required alongwith guidance to work related matters like harassment and gender discrimination. This will also be a platform to voice issues and grievances, seek redress, come together and bond with fellow women sailors.

It was also observed that there was no platform or Support group for the Officers' families, especially the ‘Wife’, who in the absence of her husband goes through stress at home trying to balance the family along with various other responsibilities. She plays the dual role of both father and mother, and has to be an effective parent and decision maker. All this can have a stressful impact on her mental and physical health.

For reasons such and more, the MUI Women's wing was incepted. We wish to reach out to each and every such woman battling it out alone, whether at home or at sea. We want to be there for her, give her the timely support and help her tide over her problems. The MUI-WW will deal with family and women specific topics in their workshops where we have a panel of lawyers, doctors, and counsellors, to address specific issues and needs as and when required.