Empowering women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Abstract

As the President of the World Maritime University (WMU), it is my pleasure to share a few remarks on the topic of women’s empowerment at this first year report of the Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Programme. This Programme is generously supported by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). I had the pleasure to launch this Programme with the Honourable Director General for the Canadian Hydrographic Service DFO, Dr. Genevieve Béchard, on the occasion of the Third WMU Women’s Conference Empowering Women in the Maritime Community, hosted in Malmö in 2019. We also need to acknowledge the steadfast support of Dr. Arran McPherson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, Canada.