Female Voices

FEMALE VOICES ON THE FUTURE OF SHARKS

Women are leading the way in shark conservation and Sharkproject International hosted a side event at UNOC3 –– UN Ocean Conference to shine a spotlight on both female empowerment and shark conservation.

Solidarity is not optional—it’s urgent and therefore we are immensely grateful for this collaborative effort. Thank you to our female voices from scientists to advocates and our female filmmakers who made this project possible, who are envisioning a different reality in a male dominated industry.

Short film, 1 Minute

2025

Joint Work for
Sharkproject

Female Voices

Abigail Kidd, Sharkproject
Aishath Yumi Abdulla, WIF
Aminath Shanaan Shah “Shanu”, WIF
Aminath Nihaal Nazim, WIF
Aminath Eva Ahmed , WIF
Aminath Shanaan Shah “Shanu”, WIF
Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares, Sharkproject
Anne-Sophie Mouraud, Coexistance Crew
Antoinette Vermilye
Fathimath Noora Abdul, Miyaru, WIF
Fathimath Iza Nasheed, WIF
Hamna Hussain Miyaru, WIF
Lara Enzi, Sharkproject
Isias Cruz, Ocean Collective
Pamela Nylund, Sharkproject
Stella Diamant, Sharkproject
Tamara Keating, Sharkproject
Tina Reiterer, Sharkproject
Vera Matisovits, Sharkproject

Female Vision

School of eagle rays by Carla Virgós
Whale shark by Carla Virgós
Hammerhead drone by Fadia Al Abbar,
Wageningen University & Research
Great White Shark by Joanna L Steidle
Manta rays by Kaitlyn Zerr
School of Mobula rays by Kelsey Williamson
Black Tip Reef Shark by Madeleine St Clair
Oceanic Mantas by Madeleine St Clair
Grey reefs sharks by Rachel Moore
Guitar shark by Rasaalika Singhania
Hammerhead shark by Rasaalika Singhania
Blue Shark by Sabine M Probst
Tiger sharks by Martina Trepczyk
Nurse sharks by Martina Trepczyk

Film by

Directed & edited by Martina Trepczyk
Music by David Furrer
Vocals by Elena Shirin

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1 min Video / Total of 50K views

Female Voices In Solidarity

The UN Conference is a gathering of 15,000 participants, including over 60 Heads of State and Government. With 450+ side events and nearly 100,000 visitors. So Martina Trepczyk, brought to UNOC by Sharkproject, asked herself the question, how to stand out and bring attention and important key figures into the side event:

Visual Storytelling–her best skill set. Instead of featuring only her footage she asked several talented, female filmmakers to join and to submit a few clips of each species, so that the video would have a variety of sharks and rays and each filmmaker could be easily identified through credit. To her complete surprise all said yes, except for one, who was hiking and had no reception to access her hard drives.

Renauned and awarded filmmakers, as well as instagramers ranging from followers between 240K and 1K joyfully participated. Not only by sharing their stunning footage but also reposting or accepting the collab function. This in turn sparked a discussion, marked only the beginning.

Sharkproject International is volunteer based–so was this project. In collaborative effort Sharkproject hosted a side event at UN Ocean Conference in Nice France. One of 250+ side events. Rumours had it, we were their favourite. Well, at least according to our numerous attendees. The side event was packed to the brim, people were queueing outside and only allowed when someone left the room.

The event was lead by Vera Matisovic. Scientists Abigail Kidd, Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares and Stella Diamant were sharing insights from their projects based in Kenya, Angola and Madacascar. Sharing light on the current state of shark fishing, their goals for shark conservation and their experiences as leading women.

Afterwards the side event was taken over by emotional reports from Katharina Loupal and Anne-Sophie Mouraud who formed the team behind Stop Finning EU.

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