Women Ocean Champions
Stories of Women Shaping the EU Blue Economy
Women Ocean Champions is a story-led book that puts women’s voices at the centre of Europe’s ocean economy. Inside, you’ll find 100 first-person stories and portraits from women working across Blue Economy sectors and sea basins—each one showing a different route into ocean careers, and a different way of creating impact.
This isn’t a catalogue of “perfect” CVs. It’s a collection of real journeys, full of decisions, detours, breakthroughs, trade-offs, and the kind of persistence it takes to stay and lead in spaces that haven’t always felt welcoming. The common thread is not one job title, but a shared commitment to the ocean and to building a more sustainable future through everyday work.
Why this book matters
The Blue Economy influences how we produce food, move goods, develop energy, protect ecosystems, and support coastal livelihoods. Yet opportunities and visibility in ocean sectors remain uneven—especially when it comes to career progression and leadership. This book makes women’s contribution visible in the most direct way possible: by letting women tell their own stories and by offering role models that other women (and the sector as a whole) can actually recognise themselves in.
Women Ocean Champions was created within the WIN-BIG project, an EU-funded initiative working to gather updated data on gender balance and strengthen women’s inclusion in Blue Economy sectors while addressing persistent barriers across Europe.
Official launch at the WIN-BIG Atlantic Event
We will officially launch the Women Ocean Champions book during the WIN-BIG Atlantic Event in Málaga, Spain (25–26 March 2026)
📍 Venue: La Térmica, Málaga, Spain
🕓 Book launch session: 25 March 2026, 10:00–10:20 (CET)
The launch is part of a wider event designed to connect professionals, students, innovators, and decision-makers around one shared goal: accelerating a Blue Economy where women can enter, thrive, and lead.
Want to read it (or share it)?
If you care about ocean innovation, skills, equality, and the future of Europe’s sea basins, this book is for you—whether you’re starting out, changing direction, or shaping the sector from within. A first printed edition will be released in 2026.
The online version will be made available after the launch in Málaga. Keep an eye to this page and our socials to access it after the launch.
