GENDER EQUALITY, A GROWTH ENGINE FOR THE AQUACULTURE ECONOMY

The increasing demand for gender equality has generated significant momentum and the aquaculture industry is no exception. It has been evidenced in the dedicated literature and experienced in many businesses that gender equality and women empowerment (SDG5) brings social and economic positive transformations to the corporates and institutions which adopt them. There are a full component of sustainability. Yet the aquaculture industry has not yet explored these avenue for growth.

It would be a première to bring this complex and often misunderstood issue to a first class aquaculture meeting. Its objectives include:

• Present what gender equality means for a business in general and specifically to aquaculture stakeholders,
• Ask aquaculture senior decision makers to share their experience,
• Allow the audience to understand what is at stake including in the area of recruitment.

Speakers

• CFO of one Large scale aquaculture corporate, Asia
• President of aquaculture organisation, Asia
• President of WSI
• Gender expert in aquaculture & Fisheries, India

Moderator

• Ernst & Young Singapore, Partner, gender specialist

Duration of the event: 50 minutes