The invisible 50%

摘要

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION for Women in Seafood Industry (WSI) made its first formal appearance at the IceFish exhibition and Marie Christine Monfort, the driving force behind the organisation becoming established, commented that it was great to launch WSI at an event in Iceland which has such a strong reputation for upholding the status of women in industry."This is our first concrete action," she said, speaking on the WSI stand. "We have made some influential contacts here in Iceland, including Marz Seafood which is a 100% female-run company trading in seafood."WSI is a young organisation, set up at the beginning of 2017 to highlight the disparity in status between men and women in the seafood industry. Around half of people working in the industry are women - but the reality is that the majority of these are in low-paid work and very few break through the glass ceiling.