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In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman
Type: Blog
Tasnuva Zaman is WorldFish's senior gender specialist based in Bangladesh. Zaman's research focuses on gender mainstreaming, which calls for an integrated gender perspective at all stages of development, and she works to ...
‘Invisible’ fisher women of Bangladesh raise their voice
Type: Blog
In Bangladesh, fishing has long been seen as ‘men’s work’. It’s a social perception that ignores the vital contribution of women to fisheries - 30 percent of women in rural and coastal areas are directly or indirectly ...
Lived experiences: Small-scale fishers and fishworkers share their stories
Type: Blog
Millions of people across the globe work in and around small-scale fisheries, which provides them and their communities with vital income, food and nutrition and sustains their culture. Here, we hear from fishers and ...
Protecting and restoring our oceans for future generations
Type: Blog
Ghost fishing equipment accounts for roughly 10 percent of debris in the ocean.
Through training under the ECOFISH II project, 300 boat skippers are taught of the pivotal role they play in protecting our oceans and ...
Scientific food systems help biodiversity, livelihoods
Type: Blog
Evidence-based collaborative approaches need to be applied to conservation as a million animal and plant species are being pushed to the brink of extinction and fish stocks fall globally. Scientific food systems help ...
MuSIC workshop sounds positive note for visibility of small-scale fisheries
Type: Blog
Researchers, journalists and representatives from governments and civil societies from across Asia have taken the first steps to form a new network in support of small-scale fisheries. The Multi-Stakeholder Information and ...
Putul Rani, food hero
Type: Blog
Putul Rani is a passionate advocate for conserving hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh. She is the general secretary of a hilsa-conservation group (HCG) in the remote fishing village of Kalapara, Patuakhali in the south ...