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Gender in the farmed fish value chain of Bangladesh: A review of the evidence and development approaches
Type: Brief
Bangladesh 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 ...
Gendered ownership of aquaculture resources: Insights from two villages in Bangladesh
Type: Brief
Ownership rights are crucial for increasing women’s decision-making power and empowerment outcomes, which in turn will impact household efficiency in agricultural productivity. In Bangladesh, however, there remains a large ...
Beyond gender-blind livelihoods: Considerations for coastal livelihood initiatives
Type: Working Paper
Sustainable and improved livelihoods are often entry points to enhance human well-being and the management of natural resources (Allison and Ellis 2001; Sulu et al. 2015). Yet research shows that many of these livelihood ...
Understanding gendered trait preferences: Implications for client-responsive breeding programs
Type: Journal Article
Client-responsiveness is a foundation for effectiveness of public sector breeding programs in agriculture, aquaculture and livestock. However, there remains a considerable lack of clarity about what this means, specifically ...
Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research
Type: Journal Article
Although 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-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to ‘Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide’ and other guides for community-based resource management
Type: Working Paper
Both women and men should be included in community-based marine resource management. To create an inclusive management process it is necessary to use deliberate and thoughtful and reflexive strategies that do not rely on ...
Rapid assessment on gender dynamics, barriers, opportunities and risks in agriculture and aquaculture sectors in northwestern Bangladesh.
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 ...
Promoting gender equity and equality through the small-scale fisheries guidelines: Experiences from multiple case studies
Type: Book Chapter
Gender equity and equality is the fourth guiding principle of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines), and sits within its wider human rights framework. The SSF Guidelines ...
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 ...
Integrating gender in Pacific coastal fisheries research: The Pathways project
Type: Other
This paper outlines the gender integration approach used in the project ‘Strengthening and scaling communitybased approaches to Pacific coastal fisheries in management support of the New Song’ – or the ‘Pathways project’. ...