{"id":1680,"date":"2025-07-22T14:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenoceanguardians.org\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:26:16","slug":"germany-signs-on-to-women-ocean-guardians-commitment-at-un-forum-joining-global-push-for-equity-in-ocean-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenoceanguardians.org\/es\/germany-signs-on-to-women-ocean-guardians-commitment-at-un-forum-joining-global-push-for-equity-in-ocean-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Signs on to Women Ocean Guardians Commitment at UN Forum, Joining Global Push for Equity in Ocean Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK, NY (July\u00a021, 2025)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 At a signing ceremony today during the UN-hosted High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Germany has officially signed onto the Women Ocean Guardians voluntary commitment. They are the fourth country to join a global movement to elevate coastal women\u2019s leadership in marine conservation and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement follows the launch of the initiative at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice last month, where Costa Rica, Grenada, and the United Kingdom signed on alongside 20 international organizations \u2013 including the German-based Blue Action Fund: one of the world\u2019s largest, multilateral public funders promoting marine conservation and sustainable livelihoods in coastal communities. The commitment outlines bold, concrete steps to embed gender equity across ocean policy and finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen play a key role in blue economy sectors and help drive forward ocean conservation \u2013 and yet their voices far too often go unheard in decision-making processes. This must change. It is vital to strengthen gender equality in ocean governance,\u201d said Rita Schwarzel\u00fchr-Sutter, Parliamentary Secretary of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany.\u201d Today, I had the great pleasure and privilege of signing, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Women Ocean Guardians\u2019 voluntary commitment to ocean conservation and sustainable blue economies through women\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s endorsement of this commitment reflects its global leadership in advancing gender equality and marine conservation. In 2023, e.g., the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Germany launched a Feminist Development Policy aimed at transforming unequal power structures with a specific focus on women and girls. Building on this commitment to enact gender-transformative change and a vision of ocean conservation where women are equal participants, Germany has taken yet another step to help build a more inclusive and resilient ocean governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a Woman Ocean Guardian, today I celebrate the news that the Government of Germany has signed the Voluntary Commitment,\u201d said Karen Perea Ledezma, Afro Descendant community leader and Woman Ocean Guardian from Quibdo-Choc\u00f3, Colombia. \u201cOur Call to Action is being heard, we are being seen, we are unlocking our power, we are making an impact that will contribute to building a better, more resilient tomorrow. Along with all of those women who have fought for the dignity of coastal women, who have placed their hopes in the oceans, in a life with dignity, in finally receiving the recognition that today the Government of Germany is granting us, we celebrate this occasion with great joy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By signing, Germany joins 3 governments and 20 organizations (aqu\u00ed<\/a>) pledging to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n