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- The role of women in the artisanal fisheries value chain on the island of São Vicente, Cape VerdePublication . Monteiro, Andercia Ana Rocha; Pita, Cristina Brice; Silva, Maria Osvaldina Sousa DuarteThe role of women in the fishing sector has usually been neglected, where women are mostly “invisible” and their contribution to the sector tends to be overlooked, leading to unviable livelihoods. Fortunately, the role of women as fishers, processors, and sellers is gaining recognition, and important progress has been made regarding gender equality and promoting women's well-being in fisheries. This study shows the important and meaningful contribution of women to the fisheries sector and their role in the artisanal fishing value chain in São Vicente (Cape Verde). To achieve this a survey was carried out with women in the value chain and representatives of fishing associations in the main fishing communities in São Vicente, the communities of São Pedro, Salamansa, Calhau, and Mindelo. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to investigate women developing different roles in the value chain. Peixeiras (women fish sellers) play a fundamental role in marketing fish, the most representative channels are those where women are found, and they are the ones who add value to the fish. They do not have the same functions. The peixeiras were then distributed in four groups, (i) street vendors, (ii) local market vendors, (iii) intermediate vendors, and (iv) local market/intermediate vendors. Women fish sellers (street vendors and local market sellers) depend mostly on other peixeiras (intermediate) to gain access to fish. This leads to differences in economic power within the value chain, wherein women secure the rights to purchase the fish caught by the fisher by establishing contact with other peixeiras. Thus, the intermediate vendors are those who have greater purchasing power when compared to the other peixeiras. Recognizing and quantifying the role of women in small-scale fisheries has profound implications for management to support them and for countries to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially SDG5 (gender equality).