A two day consultative workshop was organized by AWFISHNET with the support of AU-IBAR to establish and launch the Zambian Chapter. AWFISHNET-Zambia chapter was launched on 6th October, 2021 by the Honourable Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Mr Makozo Chikote, in Lusaka, Zambia. The Zambian Chapter was launched with the goal of establishing, raising awareness and attracting membership in Zambia. AWFISHNET-Zambia aims to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between its members and other relevant stakeholders in order to strengthen the role of women in the fish value chain. The network also aims to expand market and marketing opportunities for women fish entrepreneurs.
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A consultative workshop on AWFISHNET was held on 13-14 October, 2021 in Sudan, Juda to launch the Sudan chapter and elect the following office bearer for the next four (4) years as per the constitution:
- Ms. Awizia Nitty Orrich - Chairperson, and
- Ms. Amal Mogga Sebit – Vice Chairperson
- Ms. Flora Magara Emmanuel – Secretary Genera
- Sr. Rain Mary – Vice Secretary General
- Ms. Betty Muja Christopher – Treasurer
- Ms. Beatrice Awot Emmanuel – Representative Persons with Disabilities
- Ms. Nyanjok Abraham Thon Chol – Youth Office Representative
- 13-Persons representing the ten states and three administrative areas will be nominated.
The members also developed a Two (2) year Action Plan (October 2021 – September 2023) that highlighted key activities for implementation by the executive office of the South Sudan Women Fish Network.
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Ethiopia held the launch of the AWFISHNET Chapter at Jupiter International Hotel in Addis Ababa on 11-12 October 2021. The initiative is being implemented by AU-IBAR and AUDI-NEPAD (under the Fisheries Governance 2 Project0 under financing from the European Union. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia. A total of 23 women and men participants attended the meeting. The participants were drawn from different private sector actors in the fisheries and aquaculture value chain, government sector, international organizations, professional and sectoral associations, consultants and mass media agency.
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AU-IBAR and AUDA-NEPAD facilitated the launch of the South African Network for Women in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Pretoria, South Africa from 6-7 October, 2021. This initiative falls under the Fisheries Governance 2 Project under funding by the European Union.
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Through the Fisheries Governance Project (FishGov 2), AU-IBAR and AUDA-NEPAD are supporting ten countries to establish and formalize their national women’s chapters of the African Women Fish Processors and Traders Network (AWFISHNET).
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The first African Women’s Fish Processors and Traders Symposium was held from 19th to the 21st November 2019 in Fairway Hotel Kampala. Members participated in the symposium that was organized and hosted by Uganda National Women’s Fish Organisation (NWFOU) in collaboration with Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Ministry of Social Development, Labour and Gender (MSDLG).
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