Gender: Recent submissions
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Implications of agricultural innovation on gender norms: gender approaches in aquatic agriculture in Bangladesh
(2019)Type: Book ChapterStudies have shown that gender norms and gender relations restrict the innovation capacity of women in aquatic agricultural systems. This article explores the converse question: in what ways do and can aquatic agricultural ... -
Situated transformations of women and gender relations in small-scale fisheries and communities in a globalized world
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleThe 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 ... -
Women’s engagement in and outcomes from small-scale fisheries value chains in Malawi: effects of social relations
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleWomen 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 ... -
Selective breeding trait preferences for farmed tilapia among low-income women and men consumers in Egypt; Implications for pro-poor and gender-responsive fish breeding programmes
Type: Journal ArticleA number of studies have highlighted the promising growth of Egyptian tilapia aquaculture and the role of genetically improved strains in this development, such as the Abbassa Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, Linneaus, ... -
Ingredients for success
(2019)Type: BlogThe 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 ... -
The cool women of Malaita
(2019)Type: BlogDuring 2016 livelihood ideas were diagnosed for feasibility using a livelihood assessment guide to identify potential problems with the idea. Since 2017, the women in West Are’are Rokotanikeni Women’s Association in Solomon ... -
Productivity and the promise of integrated rice-fish systems: How gender will shape success or failure in an era of rural transformation in Myanmar
(2019)Type: PosterOn the heels of its historic political-economic opening in 2015, agricultural production in Myanmar is on the brink of substantive transformation. Poverty in Myanmar’s rural areas is substantially higher than urban areas: ... -
Can climate-smart aquaculture enable women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh?
(2019)Type: BriefClimate-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 ... -
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
(2019)Type: Working PaperBoth 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 ... -
Gender norms and relations: implications for agency in coastal livelihoods
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleImproving 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 ... -
WorldFish in India
(2019)Type: PosterIndia is a scaling country for WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on FISH. This growing program assists the government and private sector to scale various fisheries and aquaculture technologies in India. -
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 CBRM
(2019)Type: BriefPeople who rely on a natural resource should be central to decisions about how that resource is used and managed. This principle is at the core of community-based resource management (CBRM) and other forms of collaborative ... -
Improvement of the socioeconomic condition of women in small-scale fishing communities
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleThe Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was founded in 1947 under the United Nations charter to encourage the economic and social development of Asia and the Far East. ESCAP has concentrated its efforts ... -
Odisha-WorldFish project_Annual report for Year 2 of Phase I Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Type: Donor ReportThe Year 2 progress report summarizes all the activities undertaken from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 in 30 districts across Odisha, methodology and approaches followed and the results accomplished under Phase I (April ... -
The gleaners of northwest Lingayen Gulf, Philippines
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleAn account is given of gleaning activities conducted by the women in the reef flats of Bolinao and Anda, northwest Lingayen Gulf, in the Philippines in order to supplement the dwindling fishing catches of their menfolk and ... -
Fisheries development programs and women
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleA brief examination is made of development programmes aimed at improving the status of women in fisheries, with particular reference to the Bay of Bengal Programme. Activities of this programme have included instruction ... -
Women in African artisanal fisheries: when will they receive the attention they deserve?
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleA 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 ... -
Rural women in fishing communities: CIRDAP's action programme
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleAn examination is made of the activities of the research project "Rural women in fishing communities" in Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The project sought to develop a model of participatory data collection ... -
Rural women in aquaculture: Bangladesh
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleThis essay told the story of a Bangladesh woman in using integrated small-scale aquaculture technology on her small plot of pond in improving her family's livelihoods. -
Households, agroecosystems and rural resources management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems
(1991)Type: BriefScientists working to provide farmers with new technologies often have a narrow view of the farming systems in which their technologies must fit. Conventional stereotypes also govern their views on gender. The exercises ...
