Headline : Empowering Women Fishers

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According to a recent USAID report, “in the fisheries sector, structural inequalities and harmful social norms put women and girls in vulnerable situations, where they may be affected by and exposed to violence and abuse.”

Nearly 40 million people worldwide are directly employed in the fishing industry. Of these, half are women. “Women represent more than 50 percent of the workforce when it comes to fisheries,” said Gillian Caldwell, U.S. Agency for International Development Deputy Assistant Administrator and Chief Climate Officer.

“So women must have a seat at the table. They must be insured the microphone. And they really ought to be shaping the policies and the practices when it comes to sustainable fishing around the world,” she said.

But despite the fact that “women are critical to a sustainable blue economy and to sustainable fishing,” said Deputy Assistant Administrator Caldwell, “in many places around the world, women face discrimination. They face societal bias.” Indeed, according to a recent USAID report, “in the fisheries sector, structural inequalities and harmful social norms put women and girls in vulnerable situations, where they may be affected by and exposed to violence and abuse.”

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