Gender: Recent submissions
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Human rights approaches to governing fisheries (Editorial)
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleHuman rights are about more than political and civil rights, they also include a bundle of “economic, social and cultural rights” which include rights to food, water, housing, and decent work, and the rights of children, ... -
Gender and aquaculture: sharing the benefits equitably
(2011)Type: BriefAquaculture is the fastest growing agricultural sector in the world; it can meet both the food security and cash needs of poor households in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Women’s involvement in aquaculture is more ... -
Conserving womangroves: Assessing the impacts of improved cooking stoves on resource management in Langalanga Lagoon, Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleFirewood harvesting is a major threat to mangrove ecosystems in Solomon Islands. Improved cooking stoves could reduce firewood use and thereby ease pressure on mangroves. We conducted a field-based experiment in Langalanga ... -
Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe ability of development interventions to catalyse and support innovation for—and by— women and men is undermined by lack of specific understanding about how gender norms interact with gender relations and what this means ... -
Gender strategy brief: A gender transformative approach to research in development in aquatic agricultural systems
(2012)Type: BriefIn July 2011, the CGIAR approved the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in recognition of the importance of these systems and the potential they provide for reducing poverty. Our goal is to reduce ... -
Aquaculture and resilience: Women in aquaculture in Nepal
(2012)Type: Conference PaperFarming-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 ... -
Sustaining aquaculture by developing human capacity and enhancing opportunities for women
(2012)Type: Conference PaperWomen 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 ... -
Building coalitions, creating change: An agenda for gender transformative research in development workshop report. 3-5 October 2012.Penang, Malaysia
(2012)Type: ReportThere is compelling evidence that increased gender equity can make a significant contribution towards alleviating poverty and increasing food security. But past efforts to integrate gender into agricultural research and ... -
Building coalitions, creating change: An agenda for gender transformative research in agricultural development
(2012)Type: Working PaperThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) has developed its Gender Research in Development Strategy centered on a transformative approach. Translating this strategy into actual research and development ... -
Ghana coastal fisheries governance dialogue: Presentations, discussions and outcomes from a stakeholder forum on issues for reforming governance of Ghana’s coastal fisheries
(2012)Type: Conference PaperThis meeting, the second national Fisheries Governance Dialogue, aimed to help stakeholders in the fisheries sector generate a shared understanding of critical lessons and pathways for fisheries co-management success in ... -
Transforming aquatic agricultural systems towards gender equality: a five country review
(2012)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are systems in which the annual production dynamics of freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to total household income. Improving the livelihood security and ... -
Women have nothing to do with fish, or do they?
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleWomen are not well represented in what might be considered conventional places of power and authority. This is the second installment of a three-part series of blogs about the challenges that face the people of Malaita in ... -
The 'Fish Trader+' model: reducing female traders' vulnerability to HIV
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleAnalysis from research and practice in Africa shows that fishing communities are hardly reached by HIV-related services, education, and business services, partly because of the efforts and costs involved and a lack of good ... -
Strengthening the role of women in community-based marine resource management: lessons learned from community workshops
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleCommunity-based resource management (CBRM) forms an important component of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) inshore fisheries strategy. The strategy recognises that community-based ... -
Increasing women's participation in community based management in Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: PosterPoster on increasing women's role in fishery management in Solomon Islands -
Gender Transformative Approaches (GTA)
(2013)Type: BrochureKey Outcomes by 2024: 1) 40% of income earned by women in 2M poor households 2) 50% increase in consumption of nutrient rich small fish and vegetables by women and children in 1M poor rural households 3) 50% increase in ... -
Livelihoods, markets, and gender roles in Solomon Islands: case studies from Western and Isabel Provinces
(2013)Type: Working PaperLivelihoods in Solomon Islands are diverse, composed of a wide range of activities. The marketing of marine resources through value chains is an important component of this livelihood portfolio in many parts of the country. ... -
Poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment through aquaculture: an experience from Nepal
(2013)Type: Book ChapterAn adaptive research project carried out involving women members of ethnic Tharu, Darai, Bote and Gurung communities in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts in Nepal between 2000 and 2007 evaluated the role of a farm pond in ... -
Transforming gender relations: Key to positive development outcomes in aquatic agricultural systems
(2013)Type: BriefThe 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 ... -
Gender differences in willingness to pay for capital-intensive agricultural technologies: the case of fish solar tent dryers in Malawi
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we analyse Lake Malawi fish processors’ Willingness to pay (WTP) and identify the gender disparities that are associated with the WTP for a common good, i.e. investing in a group owned fish solar tent dryer ...
