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The concept of the blue economy is gaining momentum worldwide, presenting complex sustainability challenges that require diverse, innovative and equitable solutions. Central to addressing these challenges is gender equality, which is key to developing effective policies and ensuring successful implementation. Despite recent progress toward gender equality, women remain underrepresented across the blue economy sectors, particularly in leadership and technical positions, thus limiting the potential for diverse and innovative solutions.

To address these issues, the World Maritime University (WMU) will host an international conference from 19-21 May 2025 themed "Advancing the Blue Economy through Gender Equality". The Conference aims to highlight the importance of gender equality as a driver of sustainable growth across maritime, ocean science, fisheries, and other blue economy sectors.

Researchers, government officials, and international organization experts from around the world are welcome to join the conference that will foster collaborative knowledge-sharing to explore strategies, actions, good practices, and present case studies promoting gender equality within the featured topics of the conference.

One-page abstracts in line with the conference themes are welcome from researchers, professionals, and practitioners addressing gender equality in the blue economy at local, national, regional, or global levels. All submissions will undergo peer review, with selected abstracts published in an open-access Book of Abstracts through WMU’s Maritime Commons. The deadline for abstract submissions is 31 January 2025.

Topics

The conference will feature experts from around the world speaking on the following topics:

• Safety at Sea& Environmental Protection
• Human Rights & Well-being
• Blue Economy

For more information and to register, click here.

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