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Participation and Influence of Women in Global Seafood Systems
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Women's roles within the global seafood system are diverse and complex, and international organizations have called for improved understanding of their contribution and influence in support of gender-explicit policy. Using a unique dataset of 153 fishery and 69 aquaculture case studies, this paper compares gender participation and influence in global seafood systems and examines the relationship between gender participation and socioeconomic outcomes. The results show that women are underrepresented across most sectors with the highest participation in aquaculture and post-harvest sectors. A third of fisheries and half of aquaculture post-harvest sectors were dominated by women, while nearly all harvest sectors were male dominated. The results also show that women's influence in business decision-making was low, with 75% of sectors having male-dominated business decision-making. The results also show that aquaculture has facilitated greater participation of women in the seafood sector; however, greater participation did not translate to greater influence in decision-making, indicative of low participation in leadership and high-ranking positions. Finally, the results show that participation of women was highest in sectors providing the lowest benefits with respect to wages and access to community services. The findings highlight that collection of participation data alone is not sufficient and support calls for more adaptive and inclusive management of global fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
Keywords:
aquaculture
fisheries
gender equality
gender equity
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