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Gender norms and relations: implications for agency in coastal livelihoods
Type: Journal Article
Improving livelihoods and livelihood opportunities is a popular thrust of development investments. Gender and other forms of social differentiation influence individual agency to access, participate in, and benefit from ...
Women’s engagement in and outcomes from small-scale fisheries value chains in Malawi: effects of social relations
Type: Journal Article
Women play an important role within small-scale fishing communities in sub-Saharan Africa through engaging in fish value chain activities and contributing to household food security and income. There is, however, little ...
Resources for women's agency, household food security, and women's dietary diversity in urban Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
In Bangladesh, up to 45% of the population was living in urban areas as of 2010, and the estimated prevalence of urban poverty was approximately 20%. Yet, very little is known about the food security and diets of the urban ...
Considering gender: Practical guidance for rural development initiatives in Solomon Islands
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 ...
Gender and poverty dimensions in a value chain analysis of milkfish mariculture in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This 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. ...
Can climate-smart aquaculture enable women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh?
Type: Brief
Climate-smart aquaculture provides a means to ensure sustainable fish supply to those who experience negative impacts of climate change. However, there has been little research on possible benefits of climatesmart aquaculture ...
Communication interventions for gender equality and social equity in aquatic agricultural systems: A review of the literature
Type: Report
In light of recent calls to integrate gender equality and social equity (GESE) strategies into development projects, researchers have begun to explore the gender-related inequalities in aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) ...
Bringing gender analysis and resilience analysis together in small scale fisheries research: Challenges and opportunities
Type: Working Paper
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the challenges involved in bringing gender analysis together with the analysis of social-ecological resilience and in doing so to provide ways forward that will enable a more meaningful ...
Ingredients for success
Type: Blog
The women’s group in Beacou has developed two products: cooked and preserved sardines in glass jars, and a fish-and-prawn powder”. Products are being sold at five outlets in the capital Dili. Some of these lessons from the ...
Amplifying outcomes by addressing inequality: The role of gender-transformative approaches in agricultural research for development
Type: Journal Article
Increasing agreement on the relevance of gender and social equalities to agricultural development outcomes has not come with the same consensus within the development community regarding ways to intervene in the sector to ...