Stories from our partners

Discover inspiring narratives of resilience, action and empowerment from our partners.

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I have been an applied environmental social scientist and inclusive governance advisor for 25 years. I have always focused on small-scale fisheries, coastal communities, and women in fisheries – from research, processing, trading and governance. I am an islander – living and working in Australia (Tasmania), Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Malaysia (Penang). I dove deeply into tenure in my PhD which looked at the merging of cultural and contemporary practices and rights to govern coastal seas. Since then I have worked at village level to the level of international policy to examine what conditions are challenging, or enabling more equitable oceans.

Most recently, I led a multi million-dollar research-for-development program for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, which brought together research, government and civil society partners to build resilience in small-scale fisheries. After that, I was easily drawn to Turning Tides. In my previous role I was alarmed by the prevalence of unintended and deliberate erosion of tenure and rights, globally. In terms of aid or ‘development’, business-as- usual was failing – regularly, and at great expense. Turning Tides is an opportunity to do things in new ways – a fit for purpose Facility that has been carefully designed; strong and firm, but adaptable in response to our partners. My role is to ensure the Turning Tides’ team is continually able to be responsive to partners.

“Turning Tides works in partnership with a diverse set of philanthropic partners who are also committed to grass roots funding and liberatory approaches”.

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July 29, 2024