Resolution GFCM/45/2022/1 on empowering women in the aquaculture sector. Country/Territory Document type Miscellaneous Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Access-to-information Aquaculture Capacity building Education Fishery management and conservation Gender Governance Mariculture Poverty Entry into force notes This Resolution shall enter into force at the latest on 1 January 2024. Abstract This Resolution recognizes the important contribution of women working in aquaculture and the sector’s essential role in economic development and as a source of food and income for coastal communities of contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties. To this end, this Resolution encourages the contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties to promote and support the empowerment of women in the aquaculture sector through the development of relevant national and/or sectoral strategies and policies, in order to achieve gender equality and equity in marine and inland aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Full text English Website www.fao.org