The United Nations Ocean Conference held in New York on 5-9 June 2017, focussed on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), and called for the sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources. At the conference plenary, the Women’s Major Group, representing 1300 member organizations and networks from across the world, presented a position paper, pointing out the interconnections among the various SDGs, in particular, between SDG 14 and SDG 5 (gender equality)...