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Gender Mainstreaming in the Ocean: promoting equality, including in the context of Covid-19 recovery

One Ocean Hub

One Ocean Hub

This webinar focuses on the importance of gender mainstreaming in ocean affairs, with a focus on ocean processes, key issues, current developments, and threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Women in small-scale fishing communities

Once Ocean Hub, University of Stratchclyde, UK

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

Immerse yourself in the story of a Ghanaian fish worker, Peace Gavour Abla, through this short film. Discover the challenges faced by Ghanaian women living in coastal communities.

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Applying coherently the human rights-based approach to small-scale fisheries for achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

This policy brief, published in 2022, considers the human rights-based approach to small-scale fisheries in the context of international frameworks.

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Introductory Course on Gender and the Environment

UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Deadline 31 December 2025

An online course on gender and environment provided by UNEP with content provided by the One Ocean Hub.

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Women, oceans and conservation

United Nations Women

United Nations Women

UN Women works to address women’s and girl’s vulnerability to climate change and make them leaders in sustainable development.

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Women fishers must be counted

Wildlife Conservation Soceity

Wildlife Conservation Soceity

Women’s contributions to small-scale fisheries should be recognised to improve fisheries management and achieve the SDGs.

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Reflecting on women’s rights to a healthy ocean, based on the 2023 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

Elisa Morgera, Senia Febrica et al

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

The UN Special Rapporteur underscores the urgency of gender-transformative actions for ecological sustainability and gender equality, noting the overlooked role of women in the ocean context.

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Protecting women’s and girls rights to a healthy environment

Buhle Francis, Georgina Yaa Oduro, Kenneth Amankwaah Boateng, Elisa Morgera and Senia Febrica

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

The One Ocean Hub’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur addresses the impacts of environmental crises on women and girls in ocean context.

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Open Online Course on Gender and Environment

UNCCLearn

UNCCLearn

This course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment.

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Promoting gender equality a ‘crucial contribution’ in effort to restore, protect our planet’s oceans

United Nations Department of Economic Social Affairs

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Women to play transformative and ambitious roles in understanding, exploring, protecting and sustainably managing the ocean.

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Introductory Course to Gender and the Environment

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme, One Ocean Hub University of Strathclyde

This course provides an introduction to gender and the environment including in relation to issues such as access to resources and the exacerbation of gender inequalities caused by climate change.

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Unveiling the hidden contributors: towards researching on women within small-scale fisheries to research greater equality in ocean governance

Maude Chuche

One Ocean Learn

In this blog post the Author sheds light on the often overlooked and undervalued contributions of women in fisheries and ocean governance based on an Internship with the One Ocean Hub.

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Gender mainstreaming in coastal and marine ecosystems management: principles, case studies and lessons learned

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme

As the ocean is facing increasing pressure owing to climate change, pollution and globalisation, women and men feel the impacts of degraded coastal and marine ecosystems in different ways.

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Role of women in marine and coastal biodiversity governance in South Africa

Philile Mbatha

One Ocean Hub, University of Strathclyde, UK

The presentation takes a look at issues of equity and equality in marine biodiversity governance, by paying attention to how women are considered in these processes in the East Coast of South Africa.

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Gender equality in the blue economy

Anna Karlsdóttir

Recognizing the importance of diverse role models in the blue economy, efforts are being made to elevate the visibility of women in the maritime sector of Iceland.

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New masculinities: a strategy for conserving coastal biodiversity in central America

International Union for Conservation of Nature

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN, with USAID support, is implementing a conservation project in coastal biodiversity areas across Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.