This Edition includes an exciting collection of new stories and updates on various GAFS undertakings from around the globe. These are the highlights from this Edition.

We’ve included several stories on GAFS contributions to global consultations and recent major events, highlighting how we continue to advocate for gender equality and create spaces to hear from fisherwomen first-hand about what they want.

Our feature article this time is about the GeNA project – Gender in NbCS Aquaculture, a new GAFS-led collaborative project aiming to develop a reflexive and context-specific gender monitoring framework, simply because what gets measured gets done.

We are delighted to share the news in celebration of several prestigious awards and recognitions our members have received.

We share several stories featuring novel and policy-relevant insights from new research focused on various topics and contexts, including about gender-based taboos and women’s experiences in octopus fisheries, seaweed aquaculture and dried fish industry.

We also report on our newly enhanced website: Genderaquafish.org/ and invite you to experience the seamless features that it offers.

We are also thrilled to share more information about our flagship conference GAF9 2025 on the theme ‘transforming aquaculture and fisheries for gender justice’. Please note that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 31 May 2025.

A big thank you to all the contributors for their submissions to this edition and to Vijith Shaji for the skillful design. We hope you enjoy reading the Newsletter!

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