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Situated transformations of women and gender relations in small-scale fisheries and communities in a globalized world
Type: Journal Article
The need to uncover, interrogate, and integrate women’s contributions to fisheries in research and development has never been clearer. As coastal and fisheries management continues to look to the Sustainable Development ...
Toward structural change: Gender transformative approaches
Type: Book Chapter
Almost a quarter of a century after the Beijing Declaration, and with 10 years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, The Guardian announced the SDG Gender Index’s finding that, “Not one single country is set to ...
Ready? Set? Transform! How to make gender equality last
Type: Blog
The participation of both women and men is critical for productive, climate-resilient food systems. Yet, women face many more barriers than men. Gender inequality is endemic within natural resource management and agricultural ...
The importance of indigenous freshwater foods for rural women in Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
Type: Newsletter
Documents rural womens cooking practices and livelihoods focusing on lesser known aquatic foods. The article summarizes recipies used in a cooking competition among rural women and uses that as a platform for describing ...
SAIL NM Gender Integration Workshop Report
Type: Report
This two days gender workshop was aimed at assesing various components of Fish for Livelihoods (formerly SAIL) based on gender integration and with the gender lens. Gender transformative approaches and their implementation ...
Contribution of women’s fisheries substantial, but overlooked, in Timor-Leste
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 ...
Follow the fish
Type: Brief
This brief summarises national statistics about how prevalent women are in production and distribution of aquatic foods in Solomon Islands and emphasises the importance of women's increased participation in decision making.
Women’s Economic Empowerment and Hilsa Fisheries: Experience in ECOFISH Activity
Type: Report
USAID funded ECOFISH Activity (2014-2019) aimed to improve the resilience of the Meghna (Padma-Meghna and tributaries) river systems and communities reliant on coastal fisheries. The activity, implemented jointly by WorldFish ...
Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Gender 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 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 ...