.aespa attended United Nations's High Level Political Forum for sustainable development on Tuesday (US time) and delivered a speech on 'Next Generation to the Next Level' and conveyed a message about encouraging and putting sustainable development goals into practice. #aespa

It was a great honor to stand along with Prime Minister #TonyBlair Tony Blair Institute for Global Change who is in #Zanzibar to support our Government's strategic development prioritization and delivery systems, including on #BlueEconomy #Tourism #Infrastructure #SocialDevelopment

Apart from co-founding @seaweed_cafe , I am as well a co-founder for youth-led organization on sustainable utilization of marine resources Aqua-Farms Organization and here I elaborate on the works done with seaweed in Portugal UN side event🇵🇹

You too can experience the Symposium first-hand by registering to attend. 📝
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Attending the WIOMSA Symposium presents early, mid, and senior career researchers alike with a noteworthy platform for networking, collaborating, and growing in their marine science careers. 🔬🌍🌊📈

H.E Prof Anyang Nyong'o,Governor Kisumu County urges WOMESA to trigger changes that will promote the role played by women in the Maritime Sector, when he opened the 10th Annual Regional Conference to celebrate the inaugural IMO International Day of women in Maritime

Official opening of thé 10th annual conférence to celebrate IMO-international day for women in maritime , Kisumu-Kenya
#womeninmaritime
International Maritime Organization

'Every woman has a story in terms of leadership, write it and share it.' ~Dr. Jacqueline Uku, Senior Research Scientist based at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute & President of Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association WIOMSA

KMFRI senior scientist and WIOMSA president Dr. J. Uku and KMFRI Miscroplastics research expert Dr. C. Mitto today hosted IRD (French Development Agency) representatives Dr. D. Dumet and Dr. E. Strady to explore collaboration opportunities in microplastics research.

WIOMPAN members are attending a Blue Leadership training in Zanzibar this week. The training is hosted by WIOMSA and involves twenty participants from the WIO region.

Yesterday, she was panelist in the IOC UNESCO and African Union event on “Accelerating innovation, Science and Technology, and promoting the involvement of Women and youth in Africa’s Oceans and Seas in the context of the Ocean Decade”

The WIOMSA President, Jacqueline Uku, has been a pivotal member of the WIOMSA delegation at the Ocean Conference.

On Monday, she was a panelist in a World Maritime Uni. side event on gender issues 'Empowering Women, an Ocean of Opportunities in Science, Policy and Blue Economy'

Hats off to Dr Jacqueline Uku our WIOMSA President for her excellent panel discussion presentation on the role of women in #BlueEconomy #OceanScience and #MarineSpatialPlanning in the Western Indian Ocean region #Kenya #Tanzania #UNOceanConference2022 #Lisbon

1/2 During the UN #WorldOceansDay2022 on June 8th 2022 Mr. Kassim Farra SA represented PS SDFA&BE- Dr. Francis Owino in celebration hosted at KMFRI. The celebrations involved a book launch, beach cleanups, media engagement, webinar attended by over 150 participants.

It’s out! 😍🌊 On this 2022 #UNWorldOceansDay focused on communities, ideas, & solutions, we’re thrilled to share our newly endorsed #OceanDecade Actions❗ Discover + & share 👉 bit.ly/3xf2AaX #WorldOceansDay #GlobalGoals

Our MASMA Programme manager, Dr. Mathias Igulu , during the price winning ceremony of the Ocean Art Contest 🏆

Great launch of #MombasaOceanWeek by Alliance Française etal., Dr Jacqueline Uku noted the need for marine scientists to incorporate artists into their studies. She showcased study on art seen, made & perceived in 3 tourist towns at the coast.
KMFRI WIOMSA Billfish_Western Indian Ocean

Our scientific committee is currently reviewing all 762 (!) submitted abstract for our upcoming symposium!

Once the scientific committee has reviewed all abstract we will start notifying those with accepted abstracts.

Stay tuned! #wiomsa2022

African Conference on Priority Setting & Partnership Development for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development!

The three-day conference will be held from 10-12 May 2022 in a hybrid format with a limited physical presence in Cairo, Egypt.

🌊 How can open access to marine #data , knowledge and technologies provide a common basis for transparent decision-making in global ocean governance?👇 Share your ideas with us & join the #OceanDecade Laboratory “An Accessible Ocean” starting tomorrow.

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