Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries

Gender equality is a ubiquitous national goal, yet sectoral gender data gaps to support this goal persist. These gaps are both structural and sexist, concealing women's contributions and impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods and economic development, food security, and environmental sustainability. The small-scale fisheries sector offers a cogent example of this phenomenon. Building on lessons from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative, we identify systemic changes and specific indicators needed to fill these gaps. This requires multiple data streams, many of which come from outside fisheries agencies, e.g., government statistical or census organizations, sourced from responsible agencies across multiple areas-economy and environment, governance and support services, and health and nutrition. Closing gender data gaps requires making the policy case and working across agencies to create an enabling institutional environment. Only then can data reflect and respond to the lives of the ~ 500 million people who depend on small-scale fisheries.

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AMBIO
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2025-09-26
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02250-5
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Marine and fisheries research
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Abstract

Gender equality is a ubiquitous national goal, yet sectoral gender data gaps to support this goal persist. These gaps are both structural and sexist, concealing women's contributions and impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods and economic development, food security, and environmental sustainability. The small-scale fisheries sector offers a cogent example of this phenomenon. Building on lessons from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative, we identify systemic changes and specific indicators needed to fill these gaps. This requires multiple data streams, many of which come from outside fisheries agencies, e.g., government statistical or census organizations, sourced from responsible agencies across multiple areas-economy and environment, governance and support services, and health and nutrition. Closing gender data gaps requires making the policy case and working across agencies to create an enabling institutional environment. Only then can data reflect and respond to the lives of the ~ 500 million people who depend on small-scale fisheries.

AMBIOVol. 55(2)
Setsunan University (JP), University of Technology Sydney (AU), University of Gloucestershire (GB), Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (IN), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AU), University of Ghana (GH), Vancouver Coastal Health (CA), University of British Columbia (CA), Chulalongkorn University (TH), Stockholm University (SE), Duke University (US), University of Rhode Island (US), University of Ibadan (NG), University of the Philippines Visayas (PH), Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AU), Asian Institute of Technology (TH), World Water Watch (US), Sustainability Institute (ZA), Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SE), Ruralis - Institute for Rural and Regional Research (NO), NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (US), ID-FISH Technology (United States) (US), Countryside and Community Research Institute (GB), Christian Health Association of Malawi (MW), Stanford Medicine (US), University of Houston (US), Universidade de Vigo (ES), Island Conservation Society (SC), Temple University (US), James Cook University (AU), Michigan State University (US), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX), Wageningen University & Research (NL), Stanford University (US)
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