The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) promotes the safety, dignity and improved working environment for the men and women serving in North American and international maritime workplaces. Founded in 1834, the Institute is a voluntary, ecumenical agency affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Take a closer look…
Piracy Study
SCI’s Clinical Researcher discusses how seafarers respond to the experience of a pirate attack, examining how resilience may ameliorate long-term
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Humanitarian Challenges of Piracy Off West Africa February 15, 2013 Hijackers targeting vessels off the coast of West Africa have different aims from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, significantly affecting the seafarers operating in those waters. Recently, SCI’s More...
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Helping Seafarers Confront West African Piracy December 11, 2012 SCI’s President & Executive Director writes about his recent discussion with maritime industry stakeholders about piracy incidents in the coastal waters of West Africa, talking about piracy’s More...
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UN General Assembly on Piracy 2010
May 26, 2010
Informal Meeting of the General Assembly on Piracy United Nations Delivered May 14, 2010 Douglas B. StevensonDirector, Center for Seafarers RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute Madame Moderator,
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Stevenson Addresses UN General Assembly
May 25, 2010
Douglas B. Stevenson, Director of SCI’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights, addressed a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, May 14, discussing maritime piracy’s impact on...
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SCI Joins IMO Deliberation on Piracy
May 21, 2010
SCI’s President & Executive Director seated with the Rev. Ken Peters from the UK’s Mission to Seafarers presenting SCI’s Piracy Trauma Study to a meeting of the IMO in London
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Anglo-Eastern Conference 2010, Mumbai
February 4, 2010
Anglo-Eastern 2010 Annual Conference Delivered February 3, 2010 “SEAFARERS’ RIGHTS” Douglas B. StevensonDirector, Center for Seafarers’ RightsThe Seamen’s Church Institute Good morning.
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Preliminary Guidelines for Post-Piracy Care
January 26, 2010
Dr. Michael Stuart Garfinkle, Clinical Researcher for SCI, works from the Institute’s Headquarters in New York on groundbreaking research into the effects of piracy on seafarers.
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SCI Publishes Report from Piracy Roundtable
December 28, 2009
At a December Roundtable meeting on SCI’s Top Deck, representatives of governments and the maritime industry discussed the care of seafarers and families of seafarers affected by piracy.
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SCI Convenes Piracy Roundtable
December 11, 2009
SCI's study set up the discussion at a Roundtable in New York discussing the care of those affected by piracy.
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