{
  "id": 18348022,
  "title": "Women4Oceans launches a global platform connecting women across the ocean sector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/women4oceans-launches-a-global-platform-connecting-women-across-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T18:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/women4oceans-launches-a-global-platform-connecting-women-across-the-ocean-sector/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Women4Oceans, a global platform founded by Farah Obaidullah in 2016, has launched a newly evolved online space connecting women across the ocean sector. The platform, which began as a Facebook group, has grown into a diverse network of over 200 members from more than 50 countries, representing various fields such as science, conservation, policy, law, technology, business, ocean sports, art, and more. The platform aims to foster connections, encourage knowledge exchange, and open up new opportunities for collaboration among women working in the ocean sector. Members can create profiles, utilize a searchable directory and interactive map, and engage in thematic discussion spaces covering topics like the High Seas, coral reefs, polar oceans, the deep sea, blue economy, ocean art and storytelling, gender equality, and ocean governance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}