This year, on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), seven women engaged in seafood communities and promoting gender equality, released an opinion piece titled ‘Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality’

Biswas, Nilanjana

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By Nilanjana Biswas 
(nilanjanabiswas@
yahoo.com), 
Independent Researcher
This year, on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD), seven women engaged in seafood 
communities and promoting gender equality, 
released an opinion piece titled ‘Boosting women 
in seafood and ending gender inequality’.
On the occasion of IWD, this opinion 
piece takes stock of women’s status and 
representation in the seafood industry. It states: 
“Some workplaces have joined in celebrating 
this day, featuring heartening commitments to 
gender equality. But it is also frequent to see in 
the workplace the omission, forgetfulness, or 
ignorance of what this day commemorates: the 
international day of women’s rights.”
The opinion piece broadly reviews women’s 
status in the seafood industry, their participation 
and visibility,and the gendered distribution of 
power across the sector, manifested in, for 
instance, the gender wage gap and in the gender 
blind distribution of public spending. It calls for 
understanding the seafood industry through 
a gender equality lens. Finally, it gives four 
“tips” on what needs to be done:Women in the 
industry need to work together and advocate 
their interests jointly; there is a need for 
regular ‘proselytising’ efforts to raise awareness 
on gender issues; training and capacity 
building are needed; and there is a need for an 
environment that obliges and encourages men’s 
engagement.
Read the opinion piece at https://www.
seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/op-ed-
boosting-women-in-seafood-and-ending-gender-
inequality 
Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality


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