This study uses inverse probability weighting and matching estimators to examine the impact ofwomen’s training in small-scale fisheries value chain on their incomes, household food security, and dietaryquality in four sub-Saharan countries. It further investigates pathways by which training influences house-holds’ food consumption. The analysis reveals that households of trained women experience 8–9 percentagepoints higher food security and 3 percentage points better dietary quality compared to untrained counter-parts. Additionally, trained women earn an average of USD 20–25 more than those without training. Cross-country analysis highlights variations in impact, with the strongest improvements in household food securityobserved in Sierra Leone and Tanzania, while dietary quality gains were most significant in Ghana andMalawi. Incomes of trained women were notably higher in Ghana (USD 31–44) and Malawi (USD 29–39),though results for Tanzania and Sierra Leone were not statistically significant. The study identifies increasedfisheries-related income and household fish consumption as the key transmission channels of impact. Theseheterogenous findings underscore the need for gender-sensitive capacity-building programs that increase wom-en’s participation in fisheries. Such programmes must be tailored to the specific dynamics of each country,including entrenched norms and barriers to women’s active involvement in the SSF sector.