This article explores how the nomadic Narikuravar from Tamil Nadu India, also known as the "Gypsy", access health care. The analysis is based on fifty-one openended, qualitative interviews conducted in early 2017 with Narikuravar women. This study differs from previous studies that explore how the poor, marginalized, and most vulnerable access health insurance in India by adding a new dimension: nomadism. Other work conducted with Romani (Gypsy) and nomadic communities concluded that these communities are reluctant to use state and private health care services. Our study concludes something very different. Not only did the Narikuravar women in our study actively seek health care access, they were eager to use government provided health insurance schemes. However, due to their limited education, poverty and mobile life style, they received health care only in emergency situations, and often needed to pay for those services from their small earnings, which increased their financial burden. We recommend further detailed research with the Narikuravar community, so that we can understand which health challenges they face. Development of policies to enhance women's education and employment is also a must. Such policies will translate into better access to health care as a basic human right.

In this article the focus of the scientific analysis is made on the possible relation between postmodernism and maritime gender culture. The fundament of the study are the research findings from the international project "Gender Equality and Cultural Awareness in Maritime Education and Training" (GECAMET), financed by the International Association of Maritime Universities and the Nippon Foundation between 2017 and 2018. GECAMET had the objective of advancing knowledge in the domain of women motivation to join the maritime sector and on cultural awareness in mixed crews. In this paper is used an innovative approach on the relation between postmodernism challenges and the complexity of the intercultural relations established among individuals (human factors), shipping companies, ship management practices and MET institutions on issues related to gender equality.