A platform for the employment of women on board

Despite many initiatives, women continue to be under-represented in the fishing sector. To promote equal access to employment opportunities for women on board fishing vessels, FUNDAMAR (Foundation for Fishing and Shellfishing) launched the first employment platform for women in the fishing sector. 

Initiatives were undertaken to include women on the platform and to create a communication and information exchange network involving the public sector, shipowners, fishing associations, NGOs, and others. The project developed workshops with Maritime-Fisheries Training Centres, using input and experience from women on-board vessels, to improve training on equality issues and introduce a gender perspective to maritime training programmes.