Organizing Committee Meryl Williams (Chair), Poh Sze Choo (Vice Chair), Hisashi Kurokura, M. C. Nandeesha, Ida Siason Best Paper Judging Panel Mohamed Shariff (Chair), Hisashi Kurokura, M.C. Nandeesha, Ida Siason Journal Editors Poh Sze Choo, Kyoko Kusakabe, Barbara S Nowak, Meryl J Williams ...

SOLUTIONS THROUGH GENDER RESEARCH 21 NOVEMBER 2007, Venue: NAYANAR HALL, At the 8TH ASIAN FISHERIES FORUM * indicates the Presenter, if more than one author Session 1 Chair: Dr K. Kusakabe 09:00-09:15 Meryl Williams Why look at fisheries through the gender lens? Abs, PPT, Development paper link (subscription needed) 09:15-09:30 Ramachandran Chitambaran Nair*, Sathiadas R., Said Koya and Muhasin A. Gendered spaces, technological change and fisheries sustainability A comparative analysis of women in tuna fisheries in Lakshadeep and bivalve fisheries in Kerala. Abs, PPT ...

Solutions through Gender Research (with updated links) – full GAF2 report covering all presentations, organized by themes GAF2 Report to 8th Asian Fisheries Forum – short report of outcomes Report of Networks Meeting, 2007-11-22 Kochi, India Other reports on GAF2 can be found in: 2007 “Gender and Development” (download: 2007 G&D Solutions through gender research) “Gender, Technology and Development” Conference Report Download Women Add Value to Fisheries FIS (or download pdf of report with updated links) ...

More than 30 years after the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), discrimination on the basis of gender and its consequences for society is still struggling for mainstream attention especially in aquaculture and fisheries. FAO’s 2010/11 flagship report on the State of Food and Agriculture highlighted the gender gap in agriculture and estimated that raising women’s farm productivity by 20-30% could lift 100-150 million people out of poverty. ...

Supporters of GAF3 Asian Fisheries Society, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia (RFLP), Indian Council for Agricultural Research, National Network on Women in Fisheries in the Philippines, Mundus Maris, presenters and their host organizations Organizing Committee Meryl Williams (Chair), Melba Reantaso (Vice Chair), Choo Poh Sze (Vice Chair), Rosario H Asong, Katia Frangoudes, Kibria Ghulam, Mafaniso Hara, Hisashi Kurokura, Kyoko Kusakabe, M. C. Nandeesha, Marilyn Porter, Ida Siason, Katherine Snyder, Kripa Vas ...

3ND GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON GENDER IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES 21-23 APRIL 2011 Venue: Shanghai Ocean University Room 2309 9TH ASIAN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE FORUM PROGRAM Download Program:Program GAF3-9AFAF Final Download all Abstracts: GAF3 2011 All Abstracts in presentation, poster order-final 21 APR. 2011 AFTERNOON Session 1 Chair: Dr M. Williams 01 Dr Nandini Gunewardena (FAO) Welcome and Opening Remarks PPT 02 Marilyn Porter Why the coast matters: reflections on globalisation and gender in Tanzanian coastal communities ABS PPT ...

REPORTS AND NEWS Shining a Light on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: (with links) – full GAF3 report covering all presentations, organized by themes. Download as: Pdf+photos | Pdf Other reports on GAF3 can be found in: Yemaya 36: March 2011 From the Margins to the Mainstream Aquaculture without Frontiers post featuring AwF co-Chiar M.C. Nandeesha PUBLICATIONS Papers from the 3rd Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries, 21-23 April, 2011. 9 Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, Shanghai Ocean University, China ...

Fishery changes, caused by modernization and mechanization, globalization and environmental disasters, shift the working spaces, continually destroy and create jobs and livelihoods, and bring greater overlaps in women’s and men’s roles in the household, factory and market place. “Gender and fisheries studies, therefore, are increasingly addressing these changes and how women and men were affected by them,” said Dr Nikita Gopal who led the Program Committee that organized this highly energetic and successful event. “For example, small changes such as bringing migrant labor into Japan’s ...

In addition to strong institutional support and the contributions of all the organizers and presenters, we very gratefully acknowledge grant support from the AquaFish Collaborative Research Support Program and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Meryl Williams (Chair), A.E. Eknath, B. Meenakumari, Choo Poh Sze, Hillary Egna, Ida Siason, Kyoko Kusakabe, M. C. Nandeesha, Malasri Khumsri, Marilyn Porter, Nikita Gopal, Nuruzzaman Md, Rosario Asong, Stella Williams, Sun-ae Ii, Theodora Hyuha, Katia Frangoudes, Melba Bondad-Reantaso, Kibria Ghulam SENIOR GRO ...

Download GAF4 Program here: PROGRAMME Download GAF4 Book of Abstracts here May 1, 2013 BEFORE NOON SESSION 1 Chair: Dr. Hillary Egna GENDERED CHANGE: Capabilities and vulnerabilities with respect to changes (environmental, social, cultural, economic, livelihood). Gendered change (for women, men, girls, boys) is an important characteristic of the major changes occurring in aquaculture and fisheries. However, the gendered nature of change is little recognized ...

1. Full Report of GAF4 Gender and Change in the Spotlight (with links) – full GAF4 report covering all presentations and workshops, organized by themes Download as: pdf_icon_small GAF4 report with photos pdf_icon_small GAF4 report 2. Overview Summary and Announcement of Prize Winners – by Dr Nikita Gopal, Program Committee Chair 4th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries ...

5th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Venue: Lucknow, India, November 12-15, 2014, with the 10th Indian Fisheries Forum of the Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch. SPONSORS Asian Fisheries Society, Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, United States Agency for International Development MARKET project (USAID-MARKET), Norad ...

Final GAF5 Program can be downloaded here. DAY 1 : November 12, Wednesday Release of Asian Fisheries Science Journal Special Issue 27(S): during the inaugural function of the 10ifaf DAY 2 : November 13, Thursday Inauguration of GAF5 Welcome Speech Dr. J.K. Jena, Convener, 10IFAFA & Director, NBFGR Address Dr. Meryl J. Williams, Chair, GAF5 Address Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, DG, NACA Presidential Address Dr. B. Meenakumari, DDG (FS), ICAR & Co-Chair, GAF5 Ms. Leena Nair, IAS, Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority Vote of Thanks Dr. Nikita Gopal, Principal Scientist, CIFT ...

1. SHORT OVERVIEW AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZEWINNERS | Fifth Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Celebrating the prize winners 2. GAF5 OUTCOMES REPORTED a. Full report of GAF5: The Long Journey to Equality b. International Collective in Support of Fishworkers. Samudra report – Still a Long Way to Go c. Aquaculture without Frontiers . Summary – AwF’s Women’s Network involvement in GAF5 3. GAF5 IN THE NEWS a. Seafood Source. Interview with Marie-Christine Montfort b. Lucknow. The Pioneer ...

GAF6 | 2016 | Bangkok ...

6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Venue: Bangkok, Thailand, August 3-7, 2016, with the 11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum of the Asian Fisheries Society. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Co-Chairs. Meryl Williams, Cherdsak Virapat, Amonrat Sermwatanakul B. Meenakumari, Alice Ferrer, K. Jena, Marieta Bañez Sumagaysay, Nikita Gopal, Md Nuruzzaman, Marilyn Porter, Indah Susilowati, Modesta Medard, Susana Siar, Katia Frangoudes, Marie Christine Monfort, Hillary Egna, Kyoko Kusakabe, Naina Perri Estades, Veikila Vuki, Jin Yeong Kim, Holly Hapke, Malasri Khumsri. ...

ENGENDERING SECURITY IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE Final version of GAF6 Program: GAF6_Programme_Final Full set of Abstracts: GAF6 _ ABSTRACTS 3 August 2016 0900-1300 GAF 101 – 1-DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP Marilyn Porter, Holly Hapke, Susana Siar, Kyoko Kusakabe Training Workshop Slides 1400-1600 GAF Networks Meeting GAF6 Meeting Agenda, GAF5 Meeting Actions, GAF6 Meeting Report 4 August 2016 0800-0930 Registration 0930-1030 Opening Ceremony Group Photo 1030-1100 Coffee Break 1100-1230 Special Session 1: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENDER ELEMENTS OF THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON SMALL-SCALE FIS ...

ENGENDERING SECURITY IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES The main GAF6 report Link CELEBRATING GAF6, ANNOUNCING THE GAF6 PRIZE WINNERS 6th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Announcing the prize winners GAF6 Youth Art Competition winners Link GAF6 OVERVIEW PRESENTED AT 11AFAF CLOSING PLENARY, 6 AUGUST 2016 GAF6 Overview YEMAYA 52, September 2016 Gender inequality: GAF6 asks ‘WHY?’ – an overview The climate for change! – more on climate change and gender Kilden (gender research, Norway) Women central to the global fishing industry – Although women play a central role i ...

GAF7 2018 Bangkok ...

From catch to consumer: Empowering, counting and hearing women in fisheries Experts to gather at 7th Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference 11 October | Bangkok, Thailand: Women make up half the global labor force in fisheries and aquaculture, supporting a dynamic global economic sector that is also crucial to food security and nutrition. Yet, the gender dimension receives scarce attention. How does this lack of awareness of women’s contributions affect the sector’s performance? How can women’s roles and rights be secured for better outcomes for all? ...