Women leading on all fronts to save the ocean
Love the Oceans
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Located in Jangamo Bay, Mozambique, Love-The- the first 5 female swim teachers and lifeguards, Oceans protects endangered marine life with a certifying the first female scuba divers in the district, community-based, holistic approach involving and developing innovative women-led mussels research, education and campaigning, professional aquaculture projects. Their unique initiative focuses on
skill-building for local jobs and sustainable scalable self-sufficiency, ensuring women’s economic entrepreneurship. They have increased young autonomy, fostering long-term climate resilience and women’s ocean literacy and technical skills, training generational change.
Climate impact
- Ocean and coastal ecosystems conservation is crucial for climate mitigation.
- Leverages traditional low-input activities and the sustainable use of local resources.
- Promotes self-sustaining, ecologically sound mussel aquaculture.
Gender impact
- Increasing women’s literacy in ocean science and monitoring activities.
- Developing female skills and local jobs in the male-dominated swimming and diving sector.
- Fostering women’s economic independence via local sustainable enterprises.
Scalability/Replicability
- Locally-driven initiative with strong community engagement for long term impact.
- Supported by academic research and university networks for successful conservation strategies.
- Open-source documented methodology and results to share with other coastal protection initiatives.
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