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Marie Christine Monfort: “Women are felt less legitimate than men in seafood industry”

September 3, 2018

Marie Christine Monfort is the co-founder and president of the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), an organization dedicated to raising awareness of gender issues in all seafood-related industries: fishing, fish farming, processing, research, trading… Economist with a classic academic background (MSc International trade; MSc economy), started working in this field almost… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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Sophie Leroy: Being a woman generates respect in the maritime field

July 28, 2017

Sophie Leroy is the Director of “Armement Pêche Artisanale” (SARL Armement Cherbourgeois). She operates in the fishing area by managing 3 offshore trawlers (administrative and technical management) as well as staff on land and at sea. Her parents were wholesalers and at the age of 9, she would come with them to the fish market;… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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Anne Marie Treguier: Europe is now leader in ocean forecasting and climate modelling

July 13, 2017

Anne Marie Treguier is a researcher, specialist of ocean currents and digital ocean models for forecasting ocean circulation and climate. She is currently the head of a multidisciplinary institute, the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) in Brest, France. Anne-Marie has a Ph.D. in oceanography. She has spent most of her career in Brest, but… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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Gwenaele Proutiere Maulion: Women’s body no longer appears as a constraint

June 16, 2017

Gwenaele Proutiere Maulion is currently the Vice-rector for Europe and International at the University of Nantes in France. She is also senior lecturer and researcher on maritime social law and gender studies, focusing on women status. Gwenaele is a member of the centre of maritime and ocean law at the University of Nantes where she… » read more

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She for Sea, Social Europe & Jobs

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Willemijn Peeters: You can make a difference in maritime affairs

May 24, 2017

Willemijn Peeters is Ocean Ambassador of the Netherlands and the Founding Director of Searious Business. Searious Business is a social enterprise committed to prevent plastic pollution in our ocean. She makes the difference in the world of plastics. Through ReThink and Redesign of plastics, she helps companies to achieve better results. Like for Gispen, a… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea, Sustainable Dev.

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Stéphanie Roos-Faujour: Women carry the sea

April 20, 2017

Stéphanie Roos-Faujour is the founder and the manager director of Sea to sea, a communication agency dedicated to maritime economy, maritime training and education and industry. Since she was a little girl she has the taste of languages and discovering new countries, culture and meeting people. After a degree in foreign languages, she studied tourism… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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She for Sea : Juliette Bourgain

April 6, 2017

Juliette Bidet Bourgain is a Chief Officer aboard Ro-Ro passenger ships. She studied at the French Merchant Navy School to get her Unlimited Master and Chief Engineer diplomas and at Le Havre University to get a Master in Law of the Sea and Port Activities. She sailed on different types of vessels including Container Ships… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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She for Sea : Mariana Lopez at The Ocean Corner

February 16, 2017

    Mariana López is the founder – C.E.O. of a social enterprise, The Ocean Corner, a platform to spread knowledge, collaborations, positive practices and love for the oceans. Her work, as a social entrepreneur is to ignite projects of international participation. Currently, she’s leading an education project, partly funded by Royal Society of Arts… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea

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She for Sea : Women in maritime affairs

January 30, 2017

    When I explain that the Atlantic Cities are looking at the Sea, even those who are not in the coast; I am sure that the audience thinks of a sad lady waiting (and longing) for her lover to return from far away. However, sea affairs have evolved and now those women have taken… » read more

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EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Regional Policy, She for Sea

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CAAC is a network of territorial cooperation, based on the particular identity and challenges of the cities of the Atlantic Arc in the European Union. Created in 2000, the Conference of the Atlantic Arc Cities has asserted its position as an Atlantic Urban Forum, facilitating both the cooperation among its members and with other European and Atlantic Arc actors, creating awareness in the European institutions about issues concerning the Atlantic Cities.


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