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14 March 2023, Suva – Fiji’s Women in Fisheries Network (WiFN), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Community (SPC), organized the 3rd Women in Fisheries Forum on 13-14 March 2023 at Holiday Inn hotel in Suva, Fiji. This year's theme "Embracing equity" was timely as the world celebrated International Women's Day on 8th March 2023. The forum aimed at highlighting women's contributions to the blue economy and the challenges they face, as well as providing a platform for exchange and learning between fisheries practitioners, researchers, and fisherwomen.

A small handover ceremony was held between Samoa’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to acknowledge both the physical and technical support from FAO to combat rising commodity prices that affect Samoa’s national food systems.