{"id":317,"date":"2013-02-26T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2013-02-26T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T08:39:05","slug":"honorary-award-for-mlc-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/honorary-award-for-mlc-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary Award for MLC \u2018Mother\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nautilus Council members have agreed to award honorary membership of the Union to one of the key architects of the international Maritime Labour Convention, Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry.<\/p>\n<p>General secretary Mark Dickinson told Council members that Dr Doumbia-Henry &#8211; who is the director of the labour standards department of the UN agency the International Labour Office &#8211; is known as the \u2018mother of the MLC\u2019. \u2018It is without doubt that without her leadership and strategic vision, the MLC would not have seen the light of day,\u2019 he added. \u2018From the very start, she saw the value of establishing a level playing field and appreciated the significance of shipowner support for the idea of a global bill of rights for the world\u2019s seafarers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dickinson pointed out that honorary membership of the Union is granted only rarely &#8211; 11 times since 1960 &#8211; and Dr Doumbia-Henry was an extremely worthy winner.<\/p>\n<p>A qualified barrister, Dr Doumbia-Henry began her career at the University of the West Indies, Barbados, as a lecturer in law. 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