Lā Wahine Ka Honua

ʻO Malaki ka mahina mōʻaukala wahine. ʻO kēia lā ka International Women Day. ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o kēia makahiki e koho i ka hoʻokūkū—ma muli o ka manaʻo "He honua makaʻala ka honua paʻakikī a mai ka hoʻokūkū e hiki mai ai ka loli." (https://www.internationalwomensday.com)

He mea hoʻowalewale mau ka hōʻike ʻana i nā wahine ka mea mua e paʻa i ko lākou kūlana alakaʻi. ʻO kekahi o kēlā mau wahine he pono ke hoʻōho i kēia lā: ʻo Kamala Harris, ka wahine mua i lilo i Hope Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Janet Yellen ka wahine mua i noho noho ma ka US Federal Reserve a ʻo ia ka wahine mua i lawelawe. ma ke ʻano he Kakauolelo ʻAmelika no ka Waihona, kā mākou mau kākau ʻōlelo hou o nā keʻena ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kālepa, kahi e hoʻomalu ʻia ai ka nui o kā mākou pilina me ke kai. Makemake au e hoʻomaopopo iā Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ka wahine mua i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o ka World Trade Organization. Ua hoʻolaha mua ʻo Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala i kāna mea nui: ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā makahiki lōʻihi o ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kōkua lawaiʻa paʻakai e hiki mai i kahi hoʻoholo kūleʻa e hoʻokō i nā koi o ka UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water, e pili ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lawaiʻa. He paʻakikī nui a he hana koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ia i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka nui o ke kai.

Ua hoʻokani nā wāhine i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi i ka mālama a me ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou hoʻoilina kūlohelohe no ka ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi haneli—a i ka mālama kai, ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia mākou i nā makahiki he mau makahiki me ke alakaʻi a me ka ʻike o nā wahine e like me Rachel Carson, Rodger Arliner Young, Sheila Minor, ʻO Sylvia Earle, Eugenie Clark, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Packard, Marcia McNutt, a me Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. ʻAʻole i haʻi ʻia nā moʻolelo o nā haneli he nui. ʻO nā wahine, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine ʻulaʻula, ke alo nei i nā pale he nui loa i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻoihana i ka ʻepekema moana a me nā kulekele, a ke kūpaʻa nei mākou i ka hōʻemi ʻana i kēlā mau pale i kahi e hiki ai iā mākou.

I kēia lā, makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā wahine o ke kaiāulu ʻo The Ocean Foundation Papa o na Luna, ma ko makou ʻAhaʻi kai, a ma kā mākou Papa o Advisors; ka poe malama i ka nā papahana kākoʻo kālā a mākou e mālama nei; a ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mea ma luna ko makou limahana hana. Ua paʻa nā wāhine i ka hapalua a ʻoi aku paha o nā limahana a me nā kuleana alakaʻi ma The Ocean Foundation mai kona hoʻokumu ʻana. Mahalo nui wau iā ʻoukou a pau i hāʻawi i ko lākou manawa, kālena a me ka ikaika i ka The Ocean Foundation ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki. Ua aie ka Ocean Foundation i kona waiwai nui a me kona mau holomua ia oe. Mahalo iā ʻoe.