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Gender on the Agenda in the Seafood Industry
https://wsi-asso.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WSI-WATCH-2017.pdf
By Venugopalan N (icsf@icsf.net), Programme Manager, ICSF
Women in Seafood Industry (WSI) is an international not-for-profit organization whose aim is to reinforce the voices of women in the seafood industry, amplifying their visibility through projects and collaborations with existing associations, and by supporting relevant initiatives and sharing information on the worldwide web.
The WSI website, https://wsi-asso.org, has two interesting reports. One, titled Putting Gender Equality on the Seafood Industry’s Agenda: Results of a Global Survey’ published in July 2018 is based on a survey carried out by WSI in Autumn 2017 among 700 seafood professionals. It discusses their perception of the situation of women at the workplace and in the seafood industry in general. Through insightful analysis, this report identifies knowledge gaps and new avenues to address challenges that women in the sector face. This report is available at: https://wsi-asso.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/WSI-Survey-2018.pdf
The second is the annual report of the WSI. Titled WSI Watch 2017′, this is an inaugural compilation which reports relevant news, events and research that happened in 2017 at the intersection of women/gender and the seafood industry. It highlights over 50 stories from 30 countries, from the developed and the developing worlds, where contexts vary significantly but where surprisingly similar norms and stereotypes deeply rooted in this male dominated industry persist. This report is available at: https://wsi-asso.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WSI-WATCH-2017.pdf
