TY - JOUR
T1 - Hindered, Overlooked, and Undervalued: Gender Equality in Nordic Blue Economies
AU - Ekstedt, Josefin
AU - Svels, Kristina
AU - Boström, Magnus
AU - Gustavsson, Madeleine
AU - Ounanian, Kristen
AU - Rønningen, Katrina
AU - Schreiber, Milena Arias
AU - Solnør, Sunniva Midthaug
AU - Österman, Cecilia
PY - 2024/11/11
Y1 - 2024/11/11
N2 - The Nordic countries are ranked among the most gender equal countries worldwide. Equality, political, and civil rights, leading to the high participation of women in the workforce, have paved the way for this egalitarian view. However, women remain the minority in managerial positions in general, and they are also strongly underrepresented in many male‐dominated sectors of the blue economy. The aim of this article is to introduce and discuss gender equality in the blue economy, and to assess the status of gender research in the Nordic context. To achieve this, a purposive interdisciplinary literature review resulted in three encompassing themes on how women’s participation is hindered, overlooked, and undervalued. Using these themes as an analytical lens, we propose that the underlying mechanisms are similar within fisheries, aquaculture, and maritime transportation in how they affect women’s participation. Still, there is a lack of statistics and research within parts of the blue sector. To move forward, the
AB - The Nordic countries are ranked among the most gender equal countries worldwide. Equality, political, and civil rights, leading to the high participation of women in the workforce, have paved the way for this egalitarian view. However, women remain the minority in managerial positions in general, and they are also strongly underrepresented in many male‐dominated sectors of the blue economy. The aim of this article is to introduce and discuss gender equality in the blue economy, and to assess the status of gender research in the Nordic context. To achieve this, a purposive interdisciplinary literature review resulted in three encompassing themes on how women’s participation is hindered, overlooked, and undervalued. Using these themes as an analytical lens, we propose that the underlying mechanisms are similar within fisheries, aquaculture, and maritime transportation in how they affect women’s participation. Still, there is a lack of statistics and research within parts of the blue sector. To move forward, the
KW - Blue Economy
KW - Fisheries
KW - Gender Equality
KW - Labor Market
KW - Male-dominated
KW - SDG 5
KW - Seafarer
KW - Social Sustainability
KW - Women's participation
KW - Workforce
UR - https://doi.org/10.17645/oas.8761
U2 - 10.17645/oas.8761
DO - 10.17645/oas.8761
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
JO - Ocean and Society
JF - Ocean and Society
M1 - 8761
ER -