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    • Considering gender: Practical guidance for rural development initiatives in Solomon Islands 

      Lawless, S.; Doyle, K.; Cohen, P.; Eriksson, H.; Schwarz, A.M.; Teioli, H.; Vavekaramui, A.; Wickham, E.; Masu, R.; Panda, R.; McDougall, C. (2017)
      Type: Brief
      The majority of Solomon Islanders live in rural communities and are dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. For many people, ways of generating income or producing food outside of small-scale fishing and ...

    • Contribution of women’s fisheries substantial, but overlooked, in Timor-Leste 

      Tilley, A.; Burgos, A.; Duarte, A.; Dos Reis Lopes, J.; Eriksson, H.; Mills, D.J.; Alexander Tilley: 0000-0002-6363-0945; Hampus Eriksson: 0000-0003-1199-6889; David Jonathan Mills: 0000-0003-0181-843X (2020)
      Type: Journal Article
      A greater understanding of gendered roles in fisheries is necessary to value the often-hidden roles that women play in fisheries and households. We examine women’s contributions to household food and income using focus ...

    • The cool women of Malaita 

      Eriksson, H.; Hampus Eriksson: 0000-0003-1199-6889 (2019)
      Type: Blog
      During 2016 livelihood ideas were diagnosed for feasibility using a livelihood assessment guide to identify potential problems with the idea. Since 2017, the women in West Are’are Rokotanikeni Women’s Association in Solomon ...

    • COVID-19 impacts on women fish processors and traders in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Drew, L.; Taylor, E.; Walter, C.; Cohen, P.J.; Hicks, C.; Patel, A.E.; McDougall, C.; Phillips, M.J.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2021)
      Type: Video
      Footage of african women fish traders and processors, telling their story about the impacts of Covid-19 on them, their families and their businesses. This video - produced by On Our Radar, WorldFish and University of ...

    • COVID-19 impacts on women fish processors and traders in sub-Saharan Africa: 10 recommendations for building forward better 

      McDougall, C.; Marwaha, N.; Atkins, M.; Cohen, P.J.; Patel, A.E.; Beyene, B.A.; Goreth, V.; Hammad, S.; Kobusingye, L.; Lukanga, E.; Maisha, P.; Mkumbo, A.; Mountsoueke, J.P.; Njeri, S.; Nyendwa, K.; Yerina, A.; Phillips, M.J.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Nisha Marwaha: 0000-0001-9822-4085; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      Women participate in all parts of fish food systems but are most visible in post-harvest processing and trade of fish. More than 90 percent of women in the African fisheries and aquaculture sector earn their livelihoods ...

    • COVID-19 impacts on women fish processors and traders in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights and recommendations for building forward better 

      Atkins, M.; McDougall, C.; Cohen, P.J.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying responses to mitigate this global health crisis have resulted in substantial disruptions to demand, production, distribution and labor in fisheries, aquaculture and food systems. These ...

    • Determinants of women's economic participation in the small-scale fisheries sector, Peninsular Malaysia 

      Yahaya, J. (1994)
      Type: Journal Article
      This paper specifically examines the main determinants of women participation in income-earning activities in Peninsular Malaysian small scale fisheries.

    • Diversification of aquaculture for empowerment to fisheries through institution village linkage programme (IVLP) in Kerala, India 

      Sathiadhas, R.; Joseph, J.; Jerson, S. (2006)
      Type: Journal Article
      Technology Assessment and Refinement through the Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) is the latest participatory extension model successfully undertaken by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in India. The ...

    • Empowering Women Fish Retailers in Egypt (EWFIRE) Project 

      Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      The project Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) Project. Funded by the European Commission (EuropeAid), the project supports vulnerable women retailers and processors to develop their businesses in five urban areas ...

    • Empowering Women Fish Retailers in Egypt (EWFIRE) Project 

      Murphy, S.; Seamus Murphy: 0000-0002-1792-0351 (2019)
      Type: Brief
      In 2018, WorldFish Egypt launched the Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) Project. Funded by the European Commission (EuropeAid), the project supports vulnerable women retailers and processors to develop their businesses ...

    • Empowering Women Fish Retailers in Egypt (EWFIRE) Project (Arabic) 

      Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      The project Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) Project. Funded by the European Commission (EuropeAid), the project supports vulnerable women retailers and processors to develop their businesses in five urban areas ...

    • Empowering women through business development training for couples 

      Ahmed, M. (2022)
      Type: Blog
      This is a story about Yeasmin Ara and Nurul Islam, a couple from Naogaon, Bangladesh. They shared their experience as a pair attending a business development training session organized by WorldFish in Bangladesh. Following ...

    • Empowerment of women through fisheries and aquaculture 

      Gomes, A. (2007)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Banchte Shekha is an NGO based in Jessore, south-west Bangladesh that has supported the development and empowerment of poor people, particularly women. In the CBFM-2 project they found it was possible to involve women in ...

    • Engaging women and men in community-based resource management processes in Solomon Islands 

      Schwarz, A.; James, A.; Teioli, H.M.; Cohen, P.; Morgan, M.; Philippa Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2014)
      Type: Book
      Gender refers to the process of being fair to women and men, in order that women and men can equally access opportunities and life choices regardless of their sex. It has been proposed that local and national management ...

    • Enhancing the gender-equitable potential of aquaculture technologies 

      Morgan, M.; Choudhury, A.; Braun, M.; Beare, D.; Benedict, J.; Kantor, P.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238 (2015)
      Type: Brief
      Gender inequality constrains the real and potential capacity of women farmers to successfully adapt their farming practices in the face of climate risks or to develop stronger, more diversified livelihood portfolios that ...

    • Enhancing women's participation in decision-making in artisanal fisheries in the Anlo Beach fishing community, Ghana 

      Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, T.; Mills, D.J.; Asare, C.; Asiedu, G.A. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      We describe a participatory action research journey with the Anlo Beach fishing community, Ghana, to promote womens participation in decision-making. It was clear from an early stage that women were absent from formal ...

    • Ethnic women in aquaculture in Nepal 

      Bhujel, R.C.; Shrestha, M.K.; Pant, J.; Buranrom, S. (2008)
      Type: Journal Article
      The Women in Aquaculture project was launched in two districts of central Terai in Nepal jointly by AIT (Thailand) and Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (Nepal). The project has trained five groups of about 150 ...

    • Expanding the horizons for women in fisheries and aquaculture 

      Gopal, N.; Hapke, H.M.; Kusakabe, K.; Rajaratnam, S.; Williams, M.J.
      Type: Journal Article
      Women are present in all phases of fish production, processing and distribution, and contribute to the generation of wealth, the preservation of aquatic ecosystems, and the maintenance of households and communities in rural ...

    • Exploring the intricate relationship between poverty, gender inequality and rural masculinity: A Case study from an Aquatic Agricultural System in Zambia 

      Cole, S.M.; Puskur, R.; Rajaratnam, S.; Zulu, F.; Steven Cole: 0000-0002-8947-0871 (2015)
      Type: Journal Article
      Many Zambians rely on wetlands, lakes, and rivers for their livelihoods. Social norms and power relations restrict access to natural resources provided by these aquatic agricultural systems for certain social groups, thus ...

    • Feckless and reckless or forbearing and resourceful? Looking behind the stereotypes of HIV and AIDS in "fishing communities" 

      Westaway, E.; Seeley, J.; Allison, E. (2007)
      Type: Journal Article
      Over the last decade evidence has emerged suggesting that in many countries fisherfolk, as an occupational group, are at greater risk to HIV and AIDS than the general adult population. This high vulnerability has been ...