Maris shine watan tarihin mata. Yau ce ranar mata ta duniya. Taken wannan shekara shine Zaɓi don ƙalubalen - bisa jigon "Duniyar ƙalubalen duniya ce mai faɗakarwa kuma daga ƙalubale na zuwa canji." (https://www.internationalwomensday.com)

Yana da ban sha'awa koyaushe don nuna mata waɗanda su ne farkon waɗanda suka riƙe matsayinsu na jagoranci. Wasu daga cikin waɗancan matan sun cancanci ihu a yau: Kamala Harris, mace ta farko da ta zama mataimakiyar shugaban ƙasar Amurka, Janet Yellen wacce ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar Babban Bankin Amurka kuma a yanzu ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki. a matsayin Sakataren Baitul malin Amurka, sabbin sakatarorinmu na sassan makamashi da kasuwanci na Amurka, inda yawancin alakar mu da teku ke tafiyar da ita. Ina kuma so in gane Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala mace ta farko da ta zama Darakta-Janar na Hukumar Kasuwanci ta Duniya. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ta riga ta sanar da fifikonta na farko: Tabbatar da cewa tsawon shekaru da aka shafe ana tattaunawa game da kawo karshen tallafin kamun kifi na ruwan gishiri ya zo cikin nasara don cika bukatun Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai dorewar ci gaba Buri na 14: Rayuwa a karkashin ruwa, kamar yadda ya shafi kawo karshen kifayen kifaye. Wannan babban kalubale ne kuma mataki ne mai matukar muhimmanci na maido da wadatuwa a cikin teku.

Mata sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kiyayewa da kula da al'adunmu na sama da ƙarni - kuma a cikin kiyaye ruwa, an albarkace mu cikin shekaru da yawa tare da jagoranci da hangen nesa na mata kamar Rachel Carson, Rodger Arliner Young, Sheila Minor, Sylvia Earle, Eugenie Clark, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Packard, Marcia McNutt, da Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Har yanzu ba a ga labarin wasu ɗaruruwan ba. Mata, musamman mata masu launi, har yanzu suna fuskantar shinge da yawa don neman sana'o'i a kimiyyar ruwa da manufofin ruwa, kuma muna ci gaba da dagewa wajen rage waɗancan shingen inda za mu iya.

A yau ina so in dauki lokaci don gode wa matan The Ocean Foundation al'umma - wadanda ke kan mu yan kwamitin gudanarwa, a kan mu Majalisar teku, kuma a kanmu Hukumar Ba da Shawara; masu gudanar da ayyukan da ake daukar nauyin kasafin kudi da muke gudanarwa; kuma ba shakka, waɗanda ke kan ma'aikatanmu masu aiki tuƙuru. Mata sun rike rabin ko fiye na ma'aikata da ayyukan jagoranci a The Ocean Foundation tun lokacin da aka kafa ta. Ina godiya ga duk wanda kuka ba da lokacinsu, basira da kuzari ga Gidauniyar Ocean a kusan shekaru ashirin. Gidauniyar Ocean tana bin ku ainihin ƙimarta da nasarorinta. Na gode.