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Steering Committee
14
May

Announcment of the new WiMS Steering Committee

May 14, 2024, , , ,
Following the recent election process for the next WiMS Steering Committee we are delighted to announce the results and welcome our new WiMS leadership team! Country Representative Tanzania – Dr Lydia Gaspare Country Representative Zanzibar – Dr Batuli Yahya Country Representative Seychelles – Ms Helena Sims Country Representative South Africa – Dr Zikhona Tywabi-Ngeva Country...
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26
Mar

New Vice Chair in the Steering Committee

March 26, 2021, ,
The Steering Committee of WiMS is proud to announce that we have elected Obakeng Molelu as our new Vice Chair! Obakeng is since before the Country Representative for South Africa in the Steering Committee. Obakeng on her new appointment: I am honored to be elected by the WIMS Steering Committee as their vice chair. In...
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27
Nov

Meet the Steering Committee: Chamsia Ibrahim

November 27, 2020, ,
Chamsia is the Country Representative for Comoros in the Steering Committee. She is graduated on Management of Tropical Ecosystems. She works as a teacher and a technical assistant in the laboratory of biology and vegetal ecology of the University of the Comoros. Why did you decide to join WiMS? It is a Platform essentially dedicated...
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27
Nov

Meet the Steering Committee: Obakeng Moelu

November 27, 2020, ,
Obakeng is the Country Representative for South Africa in the Steering Committee of WiMS. She is a researcher in the School of Development Studies and Built Environment at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.   Why did you decide to join WiMS? I have been concerned about the limited support provided to young women in marine...
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27
Nov

Meet the Steering Committee: Anne-Elise Nieblas

November 27, 2020, ,
Anne-Elise is the Country Representative for La Réunion in the WiMS Steering Committee.  Why did you decide to join WiMS? I was happy to learn of an initiative focused on women in marine science because I feel like there is a need to support and encourage women to participate and engage in this field. I...
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27
Nov

Meet the Steering Committee: Batuli Yahya

November 27, 2020,
Batuli Yahya is the Country Representative for Zanzibar in the WiMS Steering Committee. Batuli is currently pursing a PhD in marine sciences at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Why did you decide to join WiMS? Living in the coastal areas of Zanzibar, I experienced seeing women always left behind...
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08
Jun

A message from the WiMS Chair on World Ocean’s day

June 8, 2020, , , ,
Today, on World Ocean’s day 2020, we would like to share the message below from the Chair of WiMS, Veronica Bristol!  Today, we celebrate the World Oceans Day. However, it is also a time of reflection as an individual, community, and society as a whole towards the protection and sustainable exploitation of our seas and...
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12
Nov

WiMS appoints two new Steering Committee members

November 12, 2019, , , ,
The Steering Committee of WiMS is happy to welcome two new members: Batuli Yahya and Anne-Elise Nieblas. Batuli Yahya will serve as the Country Representative for Zanzibar and Anne-Elise Nieblas as the Country Representative for La Réunion. Batuli Yahya Batuli Yahya is from Zanzibar, Tanzania. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries Sciences and...
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17
Apr

Meet the Steering Committee: Volanirina Ramahery

April 17, 2019, ,
In a series of posts the last couple of weeks we have introduced you to the members of the Steering Committee of WiMS. Today we will introduce you to the last person of the current, and first,  Steering Committee of WiMS – Volanirina Ramahery. Volanirina is the Director of Nexus Madagascar Company and the country...
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03
Apr

Meet the Steering Committee: Yvonne Wanjiku Waweru

April 3, 2019, , ,
In a series of posts the coming weeks we will introduce you to the member of the Steering Committee of the Network of Women in Marine Science (WiMS). We have now only two more members left to introduce. Today we will continue with Yvonne Wanjiku Waweru – the Country Representative for Kenya and the Executive...
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