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The branch of a larger tree: stories of Pacific women on IWD 2021 Image Youth advocate Yasmin Poole shares her reflections from interviewing Akka Rimon (Kiribati), Alisi Rabukawaqa (Fiji), Antonia Wong (Samoa) and other Pacific women for International Women’s Day 2021. (World Bank) Amidst the darkness of 2020, the world celebrated the work of women that challenged our institutions; Jacinda Ardern, Greta Thunberg, Kamala Harris, and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg; to name a few. As a young woman committed to gender equality, these women inspire me to reach higher. But recently, I’ve realized...

What does your role involve?  My role facilitates the Albatross Task Force (ATF) Project funded by the RSPB, as well as the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area (NIMPA) project, which is funded by the Blue Marine Foundation. Under the ATF project, I am responsible for advocating the sustainability of seabird bycatch data collection in the Namibia for demersal hake longline and trawl fishery. Under the NIMPA project I am responsible for initiating and developing a collaborative Management Plan for the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area and mobilizing resources towards its implemen...