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Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Author(s): FAO

Publication Date: 2016

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This factsheet presents an overview on current gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in the fisheries sector. It provides information on policy, institutions and planning processes; the role of statistics in gender analyses; specific concerns in the field of fisheries industries; and identifies lessons learned as well as opportunities for gender integration at macro, meso and micro operational levels. This factsheet is valuable as it presents relevant approaches from over the last decades that recognize the crucial role women play in societies and how to effectively promote sustainable and equitable fisheries.

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