Uniting women for a healthy ocean!
W4O communicates the plight of our ocean through the lens of women working to protect it. In turn inspires, unifies and empowers more women and girls around the world to come into action for healthy oceans.
The need for gender equality is gaining more and more of the spotlight. W4O aims to tap in to that momentum by creating a movement that promotes, connects, empowers and provides support to projects initiated or run by women seeking to improve the health of our oceans.
A healthy ocean is the cornerstone of a healthy planet. Yet we know they are in peril. Decades of abuse, largely through ignorance and now greed, are threatening marine life at an unprecedented rate. Overfishing, destructive legal and illegal fishing, climate change, pollution, poaching of endangered species and many other deplorable practices are taking their toll on our ocean and threaten food security and coastal communities around the world. Without a healthy ocean, life as we know it would not exist. Women around the world are inspired in one way or another to take on these challenges. We cannot do this individually. To be successful we must work together and support each other in our quest to save our ocean.
The need for gender equality is gaining more and more of the spotlight. W4O aims to tap in to that momentum by creating a movement that promotes, connects, empowers and provides support to projects initiated or run by women seeking to improve the health of our oceans.
A healthy ocean is the cornerstone of a healthy planet. Yet we know they are in peril. Decades of abuse, largely through ignorance and now greed, are threatening marine life at an unprecedented rate. Overfishing, destructive legal and illegal fishing, climate change, pollution, poaching of endangered species and many other deplorable practices are taking their toll on our ocean and threaten food security and coastal communities around the world. Without a healthy ocean, life as we know it would not exist. Women around the world are inspired in one way or another to take on these challenges. We cannot do this individually. To be successful we must work together and support each other in our quest to save our ocean.
Fatis Yahya monitoring
marine pollution in Mauritania
W4O is about creating a space for perspectives that are unique to women. It is about recognizing diversity in all its forms as a key driver for change. It is about finding ways to work with one another by restoring the balance of gender and equality. To truly learn to live in harmony with our environment, women need to be as much a part of shaping our collective destiny as men.
The vision is to create a community of women across the world that are united in advocating for healthy oceans. From grass roots organizers and community members across all walks of life, to female researchers, policy makers and activists, women and their work will become visible in the global challenge to turn the tide on the crises facing our oceans.
W4O will provide support and empowerment through an online platform that highlights, connects and provides resources to women working towards a healthy ocean. As the movement grows, W4O will expand to provide training and continue its own research into the challenges faced by women as they work to secure a healthy ocean.
Women4Oceans is unique in that it is the first platform to focus on the efforts of women specifically. W4O will profile women across geographies, issue and ethnicity.
Still missing from the ocean-defending community at large are key, independent voices that speak out on ocean issues with broad public appeal. Women4Oceans will seek to identify and amplify diverse female voices to fill this void.
Everyone can join the movement! Add yourself to the Women4Oceans directory today.
‘Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean’ - Ryunosuke Satoro.
The vision is to create a community of women across the world that are united in advocating for healthy oceans. From grass roots organizers and community members across all walks of life, to female researchers, policy makers and activists, women and their work will become visible in the global challenge to turn the tide on the crises facing our oceans.
W4O will provide support and empowerment through an online platform that highlights, connects and provides resources to women working towards a healthy ocean. As the movement grows, W4O will expand to provide training and continue its own research into the challenges faced by women as they work to secure a healthy ocean.
Women4Oceans is unique in that it is the first platform to focus on the efforts of women specifically. W4O will profile women across geographies, issue and ethnicity.
Still missing from the ocean-defending community at large are key, independent voices that speak out on ocean issues with broad public appeal. Women4Oceans will seek to identify and amplify diverse female voices to fill this void.
Everyone can join the movement! Add yourself to the Women4Oceans directory today.
‘Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean’ - Ryunosuke Satoro.
