Browsing Gender by Title
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Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches: a comparative assessment within a post-harvest fish loss reduction intervention
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleTechnical and social constraints limit value chain actors from equitably engaging in and benefiting from capture fisheries in low-income settings. Extension and development programs often focus on the former, which reflects ... -
Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleAlthough aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world and generates significant employment opportunities at multiple scales, men and women are not necessarily able to participate in aquaculture ... -
Gender and aquaculture: sharing the benefits equitably
(2011)Type: BriefAquaculture is the fastest growing agricultural sector in the world; it can meet both the food security and cash needs of poor households in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Women’s involvement in aquaculture is more ... -
Gender and fisheries
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleEditorial: Focuses on the gender dimensions of fisheries which provide rich ground for perspectives on development policy and community based strategies for livelihoods, gender and social justice. -
Gender and Fisheries
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis special issue with contributions from three worldfish scientists focuses on the gender dimensions of fisheries which provide rich ground for perspectives on development policy and community based strategies for ... -
Gender and fisheries: do women support, complement or subsidize men's small-scale fishing activities?
(2010)Type: BriefWomen’s involvement in fisheries is more significant than often assumed. According to current estimates from nine major fish producing countries, they comprise 46% of the labor force in smallscale capture fisheries-related ... -
Gender and household decision-making in a Lao Village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleHydropower development with concomitant changes in water and land regimes often results in livelihood transformation of affected people, entailing changes in intra-household decision-making upon which livelihood strategies ... -
Gender and marine protected areas: a case study of Danajon Bank, Philippines
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we examine the role of gender in community-based management of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Central Philippines. MPAs are a common conservation and fisheries management tool in this area, but the ... -
Gender and poverty dimensions in a value chain analysis of milkfish mariculture in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper aims to describe the role of key players in the value chain for milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) in a mariculture Park in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental in the Philippines with an emphasis on gender dimensions. ... -
Gender and systems research: Leveraging change
(2017)Type: Book ChapterThere may be nothing new under the sun -- but there are novel and potentially potent ways of perceiving, approaching, researching, and engaging in the work of research for development. This chapter is a reflection of that. ... -
Gender and the Political Economy of Fish Agri-food Systems in the Global South
Type: Book ChapterThe significance of fish for human nutrition, health, and livelihoods is increasingly recognized by and for people around the world, especially in the Global South. However, fisheries and aquaculture do not equally benefit ... -
Gender and women in fisheries and aquaculture
(2019)Type: Other (Infographic)Infographic on the role of women in aquaculture and fisheries -
Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience, new study finds
Type: BlogOutdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation, a new study published in Nature Climate Change has found. -
Gender capacity development and organizational culture change in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems: A conceptual framework
(2014)Type: Working PaperThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) supports resource-poor women and men to overcome poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity by bringing science to bear on these challenges. Social and gender ... -
Gender differences in willingness to pay for capital-intensive agricultural technologies: the case of fish solar tent dryers in Malawi
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we analyse Lake Malawi fish processors’ Willingness to pay (WTP) and identify the gender disparities that are associated with the WTP for a common good, i.e. investing in a group owned fish solar tent dryer ... -
Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleGender has a powerful influence on people’s experience of, and resilience to, climate change. Global climate change policy is committed to tackling gender inequalities in mitigation and adaptation. However, progress is ... -
Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleGender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender equality in the fisheries sector is critical for effective and equitable development outcomes ... -
Gender in Myanmar’s small-scale aquaculture sector
(2017)Type: BriefWorldFish’s objective for Myanmar’s MYCulture program is to improve food and income security in the country’s Ayeyarwady Delta and Central Dry Zone regions through the development of small-scale aquaculture To ensure maximum ... -
Gender in the farmed fish value chain of Bangladesh: A review of the evidence and development approaches
(2016)Type: BriefBangladesh 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 ... -
Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi
(2020)Type: ManualThe “Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi” project was formulated around promoting wider use of improved fish processing technologies namely: Solar tent dryer and Improved ...
