This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the fisheries and aquaculture value chain in Senegal, with a specific focus on women’s roles, challenges, and trade potential in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Developed under the FAO–ITC joint programme Empowering Women and Boosting Livelihoods through Agricultural Trade: Leveraging the AfCFTA (EWAT), the study explores how women in Senegal’s fisheries sector, particularly in the artisanal and processing segments, can benefit from regional trade opportunities. Using a mixed-methods approach, the report combines quantitative trade data with qualitative insights gathered through field research and stakeholder consultations in key coastal regions. It documents women’s vital contributions across the value chain, especially in processing and local trade, while identifying persistent structural barriers including limited access to finance, infrastructure, formal markets, and decision-making spaces.Senegal maintains a trade surplus in all segments of its fisheries and aquaculture sector and holds a revealed comparative advantage in more than 50 export categories. If supported by targeted policy measures, these trade gains could translate into meaningful benefits for women along the value chain, particularly in processing and small-scale trade. The report underscores that realizing this potential will depend on addressing trade frictions, strengthening women’s organizations, and ensuring that trade expansion efforts are explicitly inclusive.The report concludes with actionable recommendations to enhance women’s economic empowerment, including gender-responsive infrastructure, targeted financing, institutional support, and improved market access, positioning the AfCFTA as a powerful instrument to advance inclusive and sustainable trade-led growth in Senegal’s fisheries sector.