8 MARCH 2023
Join us today in celebration of gender-inclusive research for gender-inclusive impact.
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Today we are excited to celebrate International Women’s Day and the immense contribution of women in aquatic food systems and related local economies across the world. With half of the sector's entire workforce as women, it is crucial that we continue to innovate and provide these women with the tools and technologies they need to prosper while protecting our aquatic ecosystems.
Women are often confronted with barriers to information, markets, as well as financial and technical services. Innovative tools, such as automated analytics systems for small-scale fisheries, climate information services and mobile banking, have helped women across the value chain overcome these inherent barriers.
At WorldFish, our scientists continue to innovate these and more solutions to harness the critical role of women in transforming food systems with sustainable aquatic foods. We are committed to reaching gender parity in our workplace with a focus on gender-focused impact.
Join us in our celebration as we spotlight some of our inspirational scientists below. On behalf of WorldFish, I also invite you to explore some of the groundbreaking research and innovations addressing gender disparity in aquatic food systems.
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Best wishes,
Essam Yassin Mohammed
Director General, WorldFish
Senior Director, Aquatic Food Systems, CGIAR
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Nurulhuda Ahmad Fatan
Nurulhuda Ahmad Fatan is a research analyst in fish nutrition and aquaculture. Her latest feed and fish nutrition study examines novel ingredients for the production of affordable, sustainable aquatic feeds in support of poor small-scale fish farmers.
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Neetha Shenoy
Neetha Shenoy, an aquaculture specialist based in India, works on food, nutrition security through the sustainable management of aquaculture and fisheries. Her key achievement to date include the women self-help groups initiative.
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Over the past few years, CGIAR has increasingly realized that the ways in which agriculture, land & water governance as well as how food markets are carried out can deeply affect the lives and aspirations of the women and men who are involved in the system, from plough to plate and beyond.
This has, in turn, affected the abilities of these women & men to define & achieve empowerment on their own terms while questioning the effectiveness and efficiency of our food systems. CGIAR’s Strategy has set out five impact areas with Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion as the cross-cutting focus.
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