Women in fish processing and trade in many parts of the world are increasingly getting organised and networked to build capacity and entrepreneurial capabilities. The current issue brings together many such examples: from the Caribbean, of women fishers’ organisations working towards networking, representation and capacity building; from Africa, of women across several fishing nations networking to build capacity, adopt best practices and increase their incomes, while also advocating for more gender-responsive fisheries policy; from Europe, of the women’s network AKTEA campaigning for equal rights for women in fisheries as well as for sustainable fishing practices.

All the articles in this issue thus represent examples of gender mainstreaming in different contexts, whether by external inputs of capacity building or by women’s self-organization or through access to simple technologies, with family support being crucially important. For the local implementation of the SSF Guidelines to truly gender sensitive, lessons learned from such diverse global contexts are of great significance

 The current issue it is also about a comprehensive Family Farming Knowledge Platform run by the FAO