Check our news and stories from before, during and after GAF7. GAF7 outcomes Kate Bevitt Empowering counting hearing women GAF7 showcases gender equality progress challenges 1 Nov | Devex by Lisa Cornish Where are the Women in Aquaculture and Fisheries?19 Oct 2018 | GAF7 Media Release From catch to consumer Experts to gather at 7th Gender in Aquaculture Fisheries Conference 11 Oct | Transforming Gender Relations in Caribbean to Support SDGs ...

The 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries was held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, October 18-21 2018. Overall Organizing Committee Meryl Williams [Co-Chair] Kyoko Kusakabe [Co-Chair & Convenor LoC] Nikita Gopal [Chair PC] Salin Krishna [Chair Conference Organisation] Danika Kleiber [Chair CC] Cherdsak Virapat Veena N. [Secretariat] Local Organizing Committee Kyoko Kusakabe [Convener] Salin Krishna Arlene Nietes Satapornvanit Amonrat Sermwatanakul Malasri Khumsri ...

Dr Amonrat Sermwatanakul receiving her GAF7 recognition award from Dr Meryl Williams during the Opening Ceremony. GAF7 award for the promotion of gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture. At the Opening Ceremony of GAF7, Dr Amonrat Sermwatanakul, Senior Executive Expert in Fisheries Management, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand, was presented with a special plaque recognising her promotion of gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture, including through receiving the Grand Award for “The Excellence on Human Right Protection and Gender Equality Pr ...

Download Book of Abstracts 18 OCTOBER 2018 TIME ABSTRACT NO SESSION AUTHORS/ PRESENTERS DOWNLOAD FILE 0900 -0905 Welcome and Overview 0905 -0912 Welcome and Opening address 0915 -0935 Opening Remarks 0935 -0955 Keynote Address 1000 -1015 Group photo 1015 -1045 Tea 1100 -1230 Special workshop I: Photovoice: Researching gender in aquaculture and fisheries through the camera lens Janine Pierce*, AwF Australia Slides ...

New products released at GAF7 GAF7 reports and publications Long Report: Expanding the Horizons p. 57 Covering all GAF7 presentations, Special Workshops and events by Meryl J Williams, Nikita Gopal, Rejula K, Carmen Pedroza-Gutiérrez, Arlene Nietes Satapornvanit, Paul Ramirez, Ananthan P.S., Mary Barby Badayos-Jover, Alita Roxas, Sijitha Mary C.X., Janine Pierce and Afrina Choudhury, p. 57. Long Report Overview, Download Expanding the Horizons. Reflections on GAF7 by Nalini Nayak and Cornelie Quist. Samudra, ICSF, #81 June 2019. ...

SEAWEED FARMING PROVIDES BENEFITS FOR WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES 18 October | Bangkok: Research into seaweed farming in the Philippines and Zanzibar has revealed new insights, with women’s involvement in the sector providing a vital source of household income and new production technologies showing promise for women’s empowerment, livelihoods and the environment. Daily monitoring of monolines. Photo: Caridad Jiminez. ...

TRANSFORMING GENDER RELATIONS IN CARIBBEAN TO SUPPORT SDGS 18 October | Bangkok: Research into the participation and role of women in Caribbean small-scale fisheries, along with careful efforts to transform gender relations is crucial to the uptake of the UN/FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. ...

The theme of the GAF8 M.C. Nandeesha Photo Contest was “Shaping the future: Gender Justice for Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries”. The award is named in honor of the late Dr M.C. Nandeesha whose tireless efforts were fundamental to initiating the series of women/gender in fisheries and aquaculture events through the Asian Fisheries Society (see Wikipedia). Following are the photo entries received. M.C. Nandeesha GAF8 Photo Contest Winner: “Face of a poor shrimp PL collector from Bangladesh” by Mohammad Nuruzzaman ...

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The 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries was held @ IMA House, Kochi, Kerala, India, 20-23 November 2022. GAF8 ORGANISING COMMITTEES Chief Patron Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General ICAR Patron Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR International Organizing Committee ...

The winners of GAF8 awards were announced at the Valedictory ceremony on 23 November in Kochi, Kerala, India. The awards were presented by senior Indian and regional leaders in fisheries research, capacity building and industry development, who were the Guests of Honour at the ceremony. GAF8 BEST PAPER AWARD – Arisanti Ayu Wardhani and Indah Susilowati ...

GAF8 Programme, Book of Abstracts, PPTs PROGRAMS Download Book of Abstracts DAY 1: 21 November 2022, Monday. TIME ABSTRACT NO SESSIONAUTHORS/ PRESENTERS DOWNLOAD FILE 09.30-11.00 Key Note Address “A gendered perspective of aquaculture development in India“ V. Kripa Slides Key Note Address “BOBP initiatives for fisherwomen“ P. Krishnan 11.30-13.00 Session 1:Women’s voice and agency: Individual collectives, associations, platforms, institutions TS 110 Fisherwomen in Kerala State of India: An Extension Perspective Sajesh V. K.*, Pe. Jeyya Jeyanthi and Rejula K (Oral) Slides TS 103 A Journey to ...

GAF8 Publications & Products GAF8 reports and publications Bay of Bengal Programme “Waves of Art: Women in Fisheries Through the Eyes of Artists” First Series – Link Bay of Bengal Programme “Waves of Art: Women in Fisheries Through the Eyes of Artists” Second Series – Link Yemaya #66 (ICSF): “Building Solidatrities” panel discussion report from GAF8: Link Yemaya # 67 (ICSF): “GAF8: Shaping the Future” feature: Link GAF8 information ...

This webinar on gender and labor in fisheries will be conducted to increase awareness and recommend cooperative actions that are necessary in having a gender and social inclusive approach to address labor issues in the fisheries sector. It is being conducted by a partnership between the Sustainable Fish Asia (SUFIA) Project of the USAID Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA), the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral-Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) ...

9th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF9) of the Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society on the theme “Transforming aquaculture and fisheries for gender justice” will be held from 1-3 October 2025 at the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand. ...

Origin & Purpose These Core Principles are based on the Objectives of the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society (GAFS) (By Laws), experience from our work and that of others. The Principles pertain to how our members should portray the views of GAFS when representing GAFS in meetings, conferences, projects and in advising on policy. ...

The Shanghai Declaration: Aquaculture for Food and Sustainable Development, a participants’ Declaration of the Global Aquaculture Conference Millennium + 20 (GCA+20) was accepted by acclamation on 24 September 2021 at the culmination of the Conference. the Global Conferences on Aquaculture are decadal events, led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), plus the national host agency ...

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Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) is implementing an IDRC-supported project titled “Making nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) in aquaculture in Southeast Asia monitoring more gender-responsive: What gets measured gets done” (GeNA in short). Based on existing gender monitoring frameworks, the project will develop a reflexive and context specific gender monitoring framework for nature-based climate solutions in aquaculture. ...

The Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) has been awarded a 46 months project titled “Making nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) in aquaculture in Southeast Asia monitoring more gender-responsive: What gets measured gets done.” GeNA or Gender-responsive NbCS in Aquaculture for short is supported by IDRC Canada’s AQUADAPT-SEAPAC grant. Based on existing gender monitoring frameworks, the project will develop a reflexive and ...