Browsing Gender by Subject "reduce inequality"

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    • African women join forces to overcome COVID-19 challenges in aquatic food systems 

      O'Leary, M.
      Type: Blog
      Across Africa, women working in aquatic food value chains are banding together to support their livelihoods and ensure the continued flow of fish despite COVID-19 lockdowns and disruptions.

    • Changes in intra-household decision-making powers: Effects of a gender transformative approach in saving groups in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia 

      Cole, S.M.; Barker-Perez, E.; Rajaratnam, S.; McDougall, C.; Kato-Wallace, J.; Muyaule, C.; Kaunda, P.; Puskur, R.; Longley, C.; Mulanda, A.; Mulanda, J.; Patel, A.E.; Steven Michael Cole: 0000-0002-8947-0871; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Ranjitha Puskur: 0000-0002-9112-3414 (2022)
      Type: Working Paper
      Microfinance models have expanded over the past decades to include savings groups to assist people who lack access to more formal financial services to save, borrow, and earn interest on their investments. Development ...

    • Four pathways to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture: Insights from FISH research 

      Adam, R.; McDougall, C.; Bevitt, K.; Freed, S.; Gomese, C.; Johnson, A.; Lau, J.; Mudege, N.; Muzungaire, L.; Rajaratnam, S.; Ride, A.; Yasmin, S.; Zaman, T.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Sarah Freed: 0000-0001-8574-8218; Jacqueline Lau: 0000-0002-0403-8423; Netsayi Mudege: 0000-0002-0389-1967 (2022)
      Type: Report
      This technical report aims to expound on the constraints and opportunities faced by women, men, marginalized poor and youths whose livelihoods depend on aquatic food systems. To address this, the report uses case studies ...

    • GAF Section Newsletter. Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society 

      Rajaratnam, S. (2022)
      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.

    • Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience, new study finds 

      O'Leary, M.
      Type: Blog
      Outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation, a new study published in Nature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 in Nigeria's Aquaculture and Small-Scale Fisheries Value Chains 

      Adam, R.; Byrd, K.A.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Subasinghe, R.P.; McDougall, C.; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2021)
      Type: Poster
      Infographic on Gender in Nigeria aquatic food systems.

    • Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi 

      Nagoli, J.; Binauli, L.; Magalasi, M.; Chiwaula, L.; Joseph Nagoli: 0000-0002-8919-1397 (2020)
      Type: Manual
      The “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 ...

    • Gender Transformative Approaches - collection page 

      Patel, A.E.; McDougall, C.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2021)
      Type: Website
      Gender Transformative Approaches collection on the CGIAR Gender platform page - This is a collection of existing gender-transformative approaches, tools, manuals and publications, curated by the CGIAR Research Program on FISH.

    • Gendered aquaculture value chain analysis and development: An analytical framework. 

      Kruijssen, F.; Danielsen, K.; Newton, J.; Braaten, Y. (2022)
      Type: Manual
      Gendered aquaculture value chain analysis is a tool that supports the process of understanding the different realities that women, youths, minorities, small-scale actors and other disadvantaged groups face, not only in ...

    • A gendered aquaculture value chain analysis in northwestern Bangladesh 

      Kruijssen, F.; Adam, R.; Choudhury, A.; Danielsen, K.; McDougall, C.; Newton, J.; Smits, E.; Shelley, C.C.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813; Colin Charles Shelley: 0000-0002-5268-3806 (2021)
      Type: Internal Report
      This document presents a value chain study with an integrated gender lens of the aquaculture sector in Rajshahi and Rangpur in northwestern Bangladesh. The study forms part of the contextual knowledge foundation for the ...

    • In the Spotlight: Rahma Adam 

      Lee, K. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      WorldFish researcher Rahma Adam explains how her work can lead to policies that can change existing formal and informal structures. Policies that are more sensitive and attentive to the needs of women and marginalized ...

    • In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin 

      McMahon, K.; O'Leary, M. (2021)
      Type: Blog
      WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive in Bangladesh.

    • In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman 

      O'Leary, M.; Mohd Khalid, A.
      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 ...

    • Nazmina Begum: an Aqua Entrepreneur, an Inspiration 

      Haque, S. (2022)
      Type: Blog
      Nazmina Begum is one of the nine women in the North-western part of Bangladesh who was awarded as the "Best Aquaculture Farmers" in 2022 under the category of emerging fish farmer.

    • Rapid assessment on gender dynamics, barriers, opportunities and risks in agriculture and aquaculture sectors in northwestern Bangladesh. 

      Haque, S.; Choudhury, A.; Adam, R.; McDougall, C.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2020)
      Type: Internal Report
      Generally Aquaculture in Bangladesh is perceived as men’s work (Barman, 2001) which implies that women has limited or no access to and benefit from aquaculture. Under this circumstance, this study aims to identify the ...

    • Strong women, strong nation 

      Dos Reis Lopes, J.; Duarte, A.; Tilley, A.; Alexander Tilley: 0000-0002-6363-0945 (2020)
      Type: Working Paper
      Innovative research in the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste has obtained data to help close the gender gap and provide food security for the local community.

    • Towards Ocean Equity 

      Osterblum, H.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Tladi, D.; Allison, E.; Arnaud-Haond, S.; Bebbington, J.; Bennett, N.; Blasiak, R.; Boonstra, W.J.; Choudhury, A.; Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Daw, T.; Fabinyi, M.; Franz, N.; Harden-Davies, H.; Kleiber, D.L.; Lopes, P.; McDougall, C.; Resosudarmo, B.P.; Selim, S.A.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2020)
      Type: Working Paper
      This paper examines the distribution of the goods and services provided by the ocean, existing inequities and the resulting impacts on the environment, human health, and income distribution now and in the future. The paper ...

    • Women empowerment through sharing household responsibilities 

      Hossain, M. (2021)
      Type: Poster
      Sharing household activities with men can enhance the process of women's empowerment.

    • Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI): Guidance Notes 

      McDougall, C.; Kruijssen, F.; Sproule, K.; Serfilippi, E.; Rajaratnam, S.; Newton, J.; Adam, R.; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2022)
      Type: Manual
      WorldFish, KIT and other partners have created the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI) guidance notes and accompanied tools. WEFI measures the empowerment, agency and inclusion of women in fisheries ...

    • Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI): Guidance Notes (Video) 

      Kruijssen, F.; Sproule, K. (2022)
      Type: Video
      This video provides a good overview of the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI) methodology and tools to use to carry out the research. WEFI measures the empowerment, agency and inclusion of women ...