Deck officer Sophia Walker is battling to change the law to ensure UK seafarers are protected against discrimination on non-UK-flagged ships operating overseas.
As TradeWinds has reported, Walker was rejected for an interview in 2016 by a former executive at shipmanager Wallem because she was a woman.
A UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found she had been the victim of sex discrimination, but was powerless to impose a penalty because of a legal loophole that meant the law did not apply to foreign-flagged vessels operating outside the UK.
