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Women in fisheries in Latin America
Type: Conference Paper
Latin American governments are not sufficiently aware of the problems of women in fisheries. Therefore, they have not invested sufficient human or financial resources to respond to the needs of women in fisheries. In cases ...
Women in African artisanal fisheries: when will they receive the attention they deserve?
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on the role played by women in artisanal fisheries in Africa, considering in particular their role in post-harvest activities. Although there are great differences from one country to another, t ...
Women do fish: a case study on gender and the fishing industry in Sierra Leone
Type: Conference Paper
Sierra Leone is one of the few countries with comprehensive legislation on fisheries and a special Fisheries Division established under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The focus of the legislation and the government ...
Aquaculture and resilience: Women in aquaculture in Nepal
Type: Conference Paper
Farming-based rural livelihoods are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of global climate change and sudden and profound changes in social and economic systems. Diversification of livelihood options is believed ...
School holidays: examining childhood, gender norms, and kinship in childrens shorter-term residential mobility in urban Zambia
Type: Journal Article
This article discusses a practice of child residential mobility in Zambia that is frequently overlooked in migration studies and difficult to capture through standard survey methods: the practice of going on holiday to the ...
Transforming gender relations: Key to positive development outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems
Type: Brief
The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is committed to improving the food security and wellbeing of poor people who depend on freshwater and coastal ecosystems for their livelihoods. AAS is ...
Sustaining aquaculture by developing human capacity and enhancing opportunities for women
Type: Conference Paper
Women are active participants in aquaculture supply chains, but a dearth of gender-disaggregated information hampers accurate understanding of their contribution. Research results and FAO National Aquaculture Sector Overview ...
Women's traditional fishery and alternative aquatic resource livelihood strategies in the Southern Cameroonian Rainforest
Type: Journal Article
To inform the development of alternative livelihoods, the women's traditional alok fishery in the Campo-Ma'an National Park and buffer zone of southern Cameroon were studied over 15 months. Participatory rural appraisal ...
Gender and fisheries: do women support, complement or subsidize men's small-scale fishing activities?
Type: Brief
Women’s involvement in fisheries is more significant than often assumed. According to current estimates from nine major fish producing countries, they comprise 46% of the labor force in smallscale capture fisheries-related ...
Women in fisheries activities of the Asian Fisheries Society - have they been able to make an impact?
Type: Conference Paper
The initiative of the Partnership for Development in Kampuchea (PADEK), in organizing a National Symposium on Women in Fisheries in Cambodia in 1994, received overwhelming support from the Government of Cambodia. This ...