{"id":9040,"date":"2020-03-06T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?page_id=9040"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:55:19","slug":"fish4families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/act\/fish4families\/","title":{"rendered":"West African fish for West African families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            West African fish for West African families\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The unfair competition for fresh fish between the fishmeal and fish oil factories and the local communities means female fish processors are losing their jobs, and their ability to provide for their families.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now is the time to act.\u00a0 Speak up with a unified voice for the women fish processors of West Africa. <\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n        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in the whole West African region including non-coastal countries like Mali, and Burkina Faso.nNow the unfair competition for fresh fish between West African communities and the fishmeal and fish oil industry, means millions of people can be affected by poverty and malnutrition. nIt\\u2019s time to scale up support. Stand for women and communities and call for stopping the fishmeal and fish oil industry in West Africa.&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-no_image&quot;,&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;tasks&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Stand 4 Women&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;A destructive fishmeal and fish oil industry is threatening food security and a way of life for up to 40 million people - including a lot of female fish processors in West Africa. 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