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News: ENMARINE Kick-off conference 2023

More research needed on women, sustainability and the sea

ENMARINE hosted its kick-off conference in Bergen on October 26-27, 2023, entitled Women and the Sea: Setting the Research Agenda

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Margaret Willson holding key note speech
Dr. Margaret Willson (right), associate professor at the University of Washington (USA) and associate senior researcher at the Stefansson Arctic Institute (Iceland) is holding a key note speech on the historical role of women in Icelandic fisheries. ENMARINE project leader Iselin Åsedotter Strønen (left) listens attentively.
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Synnøve Bendixsen
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Paula Barbeito Morandeira, consultant on Ocean Sustainability for the UNESCO, presents cases about women in fisheries from four different continents.
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Camilla G. Brekken
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Carina Marcolino Jacinto, leader for AMA PEA FOCO, an association organizing women in fisheries in the Brazilian municipalities of São João da Barra and São Francisco de Itabapoana.
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Camilla G. Brekken
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By Iselin Åsedotter StrønenPublished: 29.11.2023

The conference gathered academics, labor leaders and marine consultants from Norway, Brazil, Chile, the United States, Italy, and Spain. We were also very pleased to offer a public keynote lecture with distinguished expert Dr. Margaret Willson, associate professor at the University of Washington (USA) and associate senior researcher at the Stefansson Arctic Institute (Iceland).

During the conference, presentations on a wide range of topics addressing women’s role in fisheries, social and ecological sustainability and socio-economic inequalities were shared and discussed. A main conclusion emerging from the conference is the need for more research on this topic, as well as the need for bringing together researchers and other stakeholders engaged in these themes.   

Do you want to know more about the project, or perhaps travel to FURG as an exchange student or PHD guest researcher in 2025? Contact the project leader Iselin Åsedotter Strønen: iselin.stronen@uib.no.