In 2022, the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (AIPAA) was declared as a recognition of the individuals involved in this productive chain that provide quality food to billions of people and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger. According to FAO figures, it is estimated that 17% of the world’s consumed animal protein is fish. Sixty million people worldwide are engaged in capture fisheries (40%) and aquaculture (19%), with supposedly only 14% of women involved in these activities. In Colombia, over one hundred and thirty thousand families depend on fishing and aquaculture, an activity that directly and indirectly employs over half a million people, half of whom are artisanal fishermen. Most of the artisanal production comes from the Colombian Pacific Sea (70%), generating around 80% of the country’s foreign exchange. However, despite being a highly biodiverse country with great aquaculture development potential, such as freshwater aquaculture diversification and marine fish farming, there is a high level of fish imports worth around six hundred million dollars. Although per capita consumption has increased, it is still below the Latin American consumption average (7.8 kg per person per year). Aquaculture grew by approximately 213% between 2010 and 2020, with production figures of 174,000 tons, while industrial fishing shows figures of 15,000 tons, being significantly surpassed by artisanal fishing, with around 36,468 tons. The main activity in this productive chain is found in rural areas, where figures of multidimensional poverty, unemployment, and overexploitation of resources become a vicious circle that does not allow for further development. Although women have been invisible for many years, it is known that they are on average 40 years old, with 46% having primary education, and 44% of them being heads of households. Seventy-two percent are dedicated to production and at least 45% are owners of small businesses. Despite being homemakers, with the responsibilities that entails, 85% of women in the productive chain carry out these activities as a "secondary activity", where they engage in fishing, weaving fishing nets, cooking, or selling fish. However, their salary is always lower than that of men, they do not have training programs unless they are included in associations often led by men, they work in the informal sector, with limited access to security and social protection, and despite representing approximately 50% of the workforce, there is no gender equality, no recognition in most fisheries statistics, no visibility of their influence, no guarantees, or support for access to credit in the banking sector. It is necessary to raise awareness about the working conditions and the role that women play in fishing and aquaculture activities, so that they are valued and empowered with the help of public and private strategies. "Gender issues should be an integral part of all small-scale fisheries development strategies (FAO, 2015)".