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With a continued focus from international organisations on promoting gender equality around the world, Antigua Sailing Week (A.S.W.) has worked with the Antigua and Barbuda Sailing Association (A.B.S.A) and the Antigua and Barbuda Marine Association (A.B.M.A.) to pioneer a mentorship program to encourage girls and women to consider the sport and business of sailing.
The programme’s objective is to develop pathways and generate opportunities for women in the sport and industry of sailing in Antigua and Barbuda.
President of Antigua Sailing Week, Alison Sly-Adams said, ‘When we devised the programme we looked at existing successful mentorship programmes worldwide and in particular the Magenta Project. The programme focuses on performance sailing and although eventually we would love to see more women in racing we decided that the Antigua and Barbuda programme needed to be broadened to include recreational sailing and additionall ....