The 12th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (12IFAF) was held in Chennai from 5 to 7 May 2022. We are pleased to report on two events with special relevance to gender in aquaculture and fisheries. The first is an award to a gender stalwart, Dr B. Shanthi, and the second is a report by Dr Nikita Gopal of the Special Session on Gender in Fisheries held at 12IFAF. ...

WorldFish Center has released an Issues Brief on Gender and Aquaculture, “Gender and aquaculture: sharing the benefits equitably” Download at: http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2832.pdf The issues brief focuses on 5 themes that draw on many of the papers from previous AFS GAF Symposia and proceedings (see GAF Events for hand access to all the previous proceedings and publications) ...

In earlier posts on this site, we highlighted papers arising from the work of Danika Kleiber and her colleagues on gender in the Northern Bohol section of the Danajon Bank in the Central Philippines and on a global overview of gender in small scale fisheries. With pleasure, we draw your attention to Danika’s doctoral thesis, recently accepted by the University of British Columbia, Canada, and entitled: GENDER AND SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES IN THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES. ...

From Catch to Consumer: Why Gender Equality Matters in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Fish is the Earth's most highly traded food, much of it caught in developing countries for sale in the developed world. Every year human beings consume an average of 20kg of fish per person across the globe. That's about 235 meals of fish annually - double the amount of fish we ate six decades ago. And our fish consumption continues to rise. Traditionally, the fishing industry has a man's face but women's efforts also are behind every bite of fish we taste. Without women's work, the fish catch would drop, fish pr ...

Another gender ‘first’ – the World Bank’s flagship World Development Report 2012 has gender as its theme for the first time: Gender Equality and Development. Released on 19 September 2011, the Bank says: “Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.” ...

A new report from the CGIAR Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) research program picks out some early lessons from the floodplains of Bangladesh and Zambia where the gender transformative approach is being tested in the field. The approach, which the AAS program seeks to apply, tries to go beyond simple gender approaches and checklists that usually oversimplify the challenges of gender. ...

The 2016 biennial Conference of the International Institution of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) (11-15 July, Aberdeen UK), recognized Professor Stella Williams’ by awarding her with its 2016 Distinguished Service Award (DSA). The DSA announcement said that “Professor Stella Williams embodies IIFET’s goals of fostering global interaction between academia, trade, and government on the economics of fisheries policy and seafood trade. ...

Rosemary Firth (1912-2001) was a British social anthropologist who specialised in the field of domestic economy. In 1941 (republished in 1966) her book, “Housekeeping among Malay Peasants,” tracked the detailed household economics of traditional fishing communities in east coast Malaysia. It was a companion to the book by her husband, Raymond Firth, “Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy.” The 1966 volume of her book gave an account of changes she observed in the 23 years between study visits, and prescient views on the impacts of modernisation on traditional fishing communities. ...

The latest Secretariat of the Pacific Community Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin (#26), “highlights gender roles in coastal fisheries and development, and women’s fishing activities in urban and rural communities”, said its editor, Veikila Vuki. The issue contains the following articles, and can be downloaded here: Guest editorial: Gender in aquaculture and fisheries – Navigating change, by Nikita Gopal and colleagues. Pacific invertebrate fisheries and gender – Key results from PROCFish, by Meryl J. Williams. ...

GENDER SECTION E-NEWSLETTERGAF Section Newsletters These newsletters are an annual publication. Issue 4, 2023 Download | 5.4MB Issue 3, 2021 Download | 7.9MB Issue 2, 2020 Download | 4.8MB Issue 1, 2019 Download | 4.6MB ...

We are pleased to share some photos of the official launch of the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society in Kochi on 21 November 2017, as part of the Inaugural Function of the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, and as a prelude to GAF-India. ...

The Gender Strategy for the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish is designed to “operates along a continuum of gender integration approaches, from the accommodating to the transformative, and will contribute to understanding under what conditions each approach has the potential to advance chain performance and the outcomes of poor women and other marginalized groups.” ...

When it comes to fisheries and aquaculture policies and data collection, the rights and needs of women are ignored. This reinforces the invisibility of women. Some countries do have national gender policies but guidelines for their implementation are lacking and poorly funded. The Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) set a precedent as the first global policy to include gender equity as a guiding principle. But similar gender equity requirements are lacking in market-based certification and auditing schemes. In most countries, a breakdown of fisheries ...

A new UNDP report – Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability – is aimed at the policy makers. It does not explicitly address fisheries and aquaculture, but this document nevertheless is useful background on how the global environment agreements and events have virtually ignored gender, and specifically women. ...

Since starting up in late 2010, we have been fairly active and well read. In just over a year, we have received over 10,000 hits. In 2011, we had 66 posts (average of over one per week). The top 5 referring sites were: Facebook, Yahoo mail, 9AFAF, Asian Fisheries Society home page and WorldFish Center site. The hits came from all over the world (see the map courtesy of WordPress). ...

Our Genderaquafish website continued to grow in popularity in 2014, with visits to the site increasing by 9% over the 2013 level, reaching 18,454 visits from people in at least 162 countries, covering all regions. Our top 5 countries for visitors were: India (4,734), USA (2,528), Philippines (941), Malaysia (831), UK (696). Posts from Asia and Africa were the most prevalent. We also produced posts covering Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. ...

Starting in late February 2012, WordPress.com, the host of this site, has provided site administrators with information on which country each view comes from. We have analyzed the statistics for the approximately four month period since geographic statistics were collected. The results are interesting and quite heartening in showing the outreach. ...

Women’s and men’s contributions are both critical to the success of aquaculture and fisheries. Statistics on the growing interest being shown in this website since its creation over two years ago (in September 2010) indicate that more people are taking an interest in research and development insights on gender in aquaculture and fisheries. ...

Panel discussion on Gender Issues in Giant Freshwater Prawn (GFP) Value Chain. The purpose of the panel discussion was to provide a platform for development of a community of people committed to equitable and effective cooperation among researchers and academics, technicians, fisheries officers and non-governmental organizations in research and practice on gender in aquaculture and fisheries and explore the ways to promote gender equitable and sustainable livelihood opportunities in GFP value chains. ...

Gleaning is a fishing method used in shallow coastal, estuarine and freshwaters waters or in habitats exposed during low tide. Other terms may be used for this type of fishing, especially “gathering” and “collecting.”1 Both women and men glean, but in many countries and regions gleaning is mostly done by women and children2,3. Gleaners walk in the shallow water or on the exposed land, and pick up the snails, shells, sea cucumbers, urchins, seaweed and fish. ...