Latest special issue of Gender, Technology & Development examines new learnings on women and fisheries

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by Meryl Williams

26 May 2020 | Bangkok, Thailand: Women work in all stages of the fish value chain, producing, processing and selling fish and through their work support the economy, their households, and communities in rural and coastal regions. They are said to make up half the fisheries workforce, yet their work goes unrecognized in most official Read more about Latest special issue of Gender, Technology & Development examines new learnings on women and fisheries[…]

Valuing invisible catches

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Meryl Williams

By Sarah Harper Over a decade ago I started working with fisheries data and noticed that much was missing from the official statistics that are often the basis for fisheries management and policy. My work at that time, as a research assistant for the Sea Around Us initiative, focused on fisheries catch data, where small-scale Read more about Valuing invisible catches[…]

Why are women and children vulnerable to food insecurity, despite eating fish? A study in eastern Indonesia

Posted on May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 by Meryl Williams

By Emily Gibson* Small-scale fisheries are recognised for the important opportunities they provide in terms of livelihoods and food and nutrition security. Women, men, the young and elderly, are engaged in different aspects of fisheries value chains, from assisting with preparations for fishing trips to fishing and gleaning, through to processing and marketing the resulting Read more about Why are women and children vulnerable to food insecurity, despite eating fish? A study in eastern Indonesia[…]

Social relations and women’s roles in Malawi fish value chains

Posted on February 24, 2020May 5, 2020 by Meryl Williams

Social relations are important in small-scale fisheries value chains. This study addresses the question of how social relations affect engagement and outcomes of women who participate in the fish value chains. The social relations approach was useful to the study as it helped in understanding the social relations within the household and between the actors in the fish value chains.

Three reports on GAF7 outcomes

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by gafs2017

Three new reports have been released on the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7), held in Bangkok 18-21 October 2018. These all present different types of important reportage on GAF7 and, from their different perspectives, help fill out the detail on the event. In addition, a number of presentations from GAF7 Read more about Three reports on GAF7 outcomes[…]

Inclusive management and coastal/ocean sustainability

Posted on June 18, 2019 by gafs2017

All actors are needed to reach the goal but especially women are a key starting point By Maricela de la Torre-Castro, Stockholm University maricela (at) natgeo.su.se In my recent article, I used the concept of inclusive management to represent “any management strategy that consciously and explicitly considers gender and the whole diversity of actors” dealing Read more about Inclusive management and coastal/ocean sustainability[…]

Issue #1 of the Gender Section e-Newsletter launched!

Posted on April 16, 2019April 18, 2019 by gafs2017

We are delighted to introduce the first annual e-Newsletter of the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society. Officially launched during the Opening Session of the 12 Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum of the Asian Fisheries Society in Iloilo, Philippines, the Newsletter introduces the Section, its membership and Executive Committee, news Read more about Issue #1 of the Gender Section e-Newsletter launched![…]

Are some governance principles more valued than others? Gender equality as an under-represented and ill-defined principle in coastal fisheries

Posted on March 23, 2019April 7, 2019 by gafs2017

By Sarah Lawless, Andrew Song, Philippa Cohen, Tiffany Morrison Regardless of the natural resource sector in which we work (i.e., agriculture, forestry or fisheries), we are all guided by a common set of governance principles. These principles may include commitments to sustainable modes of resource management, protection of biodiversity, or participation of stakeholders. But are Read more about Are some governance principles more valued than others? Gender equality as an under-represented and ill-defined principle in coastal fisheries[…]

OPINION: Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality

Posted on March 10, 2019March 11, 2019 by gafs2017

A call to the seafood community: time for commitment and change is now! By Marie Christine Monfort, Natalia Briceno-Lagos, Meryl Williams, Jayne Gallagher, Leonie Noble, Editrudith Lukanga, Tamara Espiñeira, Marja Bekendam and Katia Frangoudes In honor of International Women’s Day 2019, this Opinion also appeared on the following sites: AKTEA, Blog Activ EU, Industrias Pesqueras (Spanish), International Collective in Support of FishWorkers (ICSF), Fisheries Read more about OPINION: Boosting women in seafood and ending gender inequality[…]

‘Good science’: Using sex-disaggregated data in small-scale fisheries research and policy

Posted on March 7, 2019July 1, 2019 by gafs2017

By Kate Bevitt Globally, relatively few data are available about women’s role in small-scale fisheries, despite their active participation as fishers, processors, traders and marketers. This calls for greater efforts by researchers, national fisheries agencies and global policymakers to collect and report separately on women’s and men’s contributions to this sector. “When we only collect Read more about ‘Good science’: Using sex-disaggregated data in small-scale fisheries research and policy[…]