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Gender in the farmed fish value chain of Bangladesh: A review of the evidence and development approaches
Type: Brief
Bangladesh is the world's fifth-largest aquaculture producer, and statistics indicate that aquaculture now makes up about 56% of the country's total fish production in terms of value. In Bangladesh, fish is the most important ...
Women’s empowerment and improved nutrition: An assessment of a project in Bangladesh using an adapted version of Pro-WEFI for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (Pro-WEFI)
Type: Presentation
Ppt presented at the Science Exchange, CGIAR Gender Platform, ILRI campus, Nairobi. The Project Level Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (ProWEFI) measures the empowerment, agency and inclusion of women ...
Gender-transformative approaches to address inequalities in food, nutrition and economic outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems
Type: Working Paper
Over the past few decades, scholars and practitioners working on gender and development issues have advocated for more in-depth analyses that explore and foster change in the social institutions that create and perpetuate ...
Women's empowerment and improved nutrition: An assessment of a project in Bangladesh using an adapted version of Pro-WEAI for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (Pro-WEFI)
Type: Presentation
Presentation from the CGIAR GENDER Science Exchange, Nairobi, 12-14 October 2022.
GAF Section Newsletter. Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society
Type: Newsletter
The GAF Section Newsletter presents the society member's engagement in online events, research and other relevant updates. It includes stories from major events for 2020 and 2021.
Testing tools to measure women’s empowerment in fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Blog
To measure the impact of fisheries and aquaculture projects on women's empowerment and nutrition, it is important to have a reliable tool for data collection.
The importance of sex-disaggregated and gender data to a gender-inclusive COVID-19 response in the aquatic food systems
Type: Book Chapter
The chapter underscores the importance of sex-disaggregated data and gender data for inclusive and evidence-informed fisheries and aquaculture policies and development programs.
Implications of agricultural innovation on gender norms: gender approaches in aquatic agriculture in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
Studies have shown that gender norms and gender relations restrict the innovation capacity of women in aquatic agricultural systems. This article explores the converse question: in what ways do and can aquatic agricultural ...
WorldFish, IDEA project Bangladesh & Pro-WEFI
Type: Presentation
Presentation from a a training workshop on Project Level Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (Pro-WEFI) tool for validation in increasing income, diversifying diets, and empowering women in Bangladesh ...
Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The ability of development interventions to catalyse and support innovation for—and by— women and men is undermined by lack of specific understanding about how gender norms interact with gender relations and what this means ...