{"id":20350,"date":"2026-03-21T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=20350"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:40:20","slug":"webinar-leading-women-in-african-aquaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/webinar-leading-women-in-african-aquaculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar \u2013 Leading Women in African Aquaculture!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20351\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939.png 1280w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fd599be0-ec9b-494f-97fb-aea795886939-768x146.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations has designated 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF 2026). The World Aquaculture Society (WAS), along with the African Union Development Agency \u2013 (AUDA-NEPAD) and other partners, aims to highlight the crucial roles that women play in aquatic food systems, particularly women fish farmers. To achieve this, a variety of programs and initiatives, will be implemented,\u00a0beginning with a webinar session designed to raise awareness and promote actions that enhance women\u2019s livelihoods in aquaculture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has created a Communications Handbook and Toolkit for the IYWF 2026, which outlines several actions to amplify the celebrations of IYWF 2026. At the end of the year (1-4 December), the WAS plans to host a side-event at the upcoming Aquaculture Africa 2026 Conference to conclude the commemorations. Women aqua-farmers are encouraged to join us on this journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Join this exciting webinar to participate and gain insight into the activities that are planned for the year to celebrate women in aquaculture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date &amp; Time :\u00a0<strong>24 March 2026, 12:00 in Africa\/Dakar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To register :<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorturl.at\/Nqqdy\">https:\/\/www.shorturl.at\/Nqqdy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has designated 2026 as the International Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1554,442,1300,3373],"tags":[1493,1601,2687,31,1388,1299,1227,3374],"class_list":["post-20350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-fishing-aquaculture","category-news-en","category-webinar-en","category-women-in-aquaculture","tag-africa-en","tag-aquaculture","tag-daily-news","tag-maritimafrica","tag-news","tag-webinar-en","tag-women","tag-women-in-aquaculture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Webinar \u2013 Leading Women in African Aquaculture! 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