WEBINAR: Fish Night 7: Gender equality in the seafood value chain
Anne Schulthess
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Dear Colleagues,
I do hope you’ll be able to attend the upcoming IIED online event ‘Fish Night 7: Gender equality in the seafood value chain' on 8 March 2021.
Women play a pivotal role in small-scale fisheries around the world. Close to half of the 40 million people worldwide who work in small-scale fisheries are women. Yet the seafood industry is characterised by pervasive gender inequalities and the work of women
is still mostly ignored, invisible, unrecognised and undervalued.
At this Fish Night on International Women’s Day, we will hear from women working in the seafood industry, in practical and research roles, in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. We will learn about how overexploitation, climate change and COVID-19 have
impacted on women’s livelihoods and wellbeing, and how they respond to these pressures.
In the lead up to the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) in 2022, this event will explore what needs to happen to raise the profile of women. How can we ensure both women and men champion gender equality? What commitments do we
need to see and from whom? And what will a sustainable and inclusive blue recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic look like?
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About the panel
Editrudith Lukanga is a co-founder and executive director of Environmental Management and Economic Development Organization (EMEDO).
Kyoko Kusakabe is a professor of Gender and Development Studies at Department of Development and Sustainability, Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand.
Madeleine Gustavsson is a researcher at Ruralis based in Trondheim, Norway.
Bertha del Carmen Martínez Villalobos is a business entrepreneur with expertise in product development and marketing, research, and finance.
Cristina Pita (moderator) is a principal researcher and team leader in the Shaping Sustainable Markets group.
I hope you can join us. You can learn more about
Fish Night events on the IIED website.
Best wishes,
Anne
Anne Schulthess
Marketing Manager
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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