Genderaquafish.org: 2014 year in review
Our Genderaquafish.org 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,...
View ArticleNew working group “Gendered Seas“ studies the role of women in fisheries over...
By Kathleen Schwerdtner Mánez As part of the European project Oceans Past Platform, a new working group on gender and fisheries history has been established. See our video introduction on Youtube....
View Article2015: our year in review
Wishing all our readers and contributors a healthy, productive and happy 2016! Looking back on 2015, the Genderaquafish.org website continued to serve a large and very diverse range of people in 163...
View ArticleEuropean Institute for Gender Equality profiles relevance of gender in...
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), an autonomous body within the framework of the European Union policies and initiatives, has developed a profile on the relevance of gender in maritime...
View ArticleWomen’s voices, gender equity champions and a gender lens all matter –...
In bold outline, the take home messages from the GAF6 full report – Engendering Security in Fisheries and Aquaculture – converge on the following: women’s voices and gender equity champions can make a...
View ArticleYemaya: gender equality in small-scale fisheries is a struggle at two levels
The first 2017 issue of Yemaya, the gender and fisheries newsletter of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), recognizes that implementing the gender equality provisions of the...
View ArticleVideos capture women in action in the seafood sector
The results of the Women in Seafood video competition are now out and all the videos can be viewed through this WSI website link. Click this link to go to the interactive map and open the videos. The...
View ArticleA welcome new FAO gender Handbook to support the Small Scale Fisheries...
A very welcome addition to the technical support for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty...
View Article“Engendering Security in Fisheries and Aquaculture” Special Issue of Asian...
A Special Issue of Asian Fisheries Science journal, Volume 30S, has just been released online, presenting 25 papers, plus a Guest Editorial and other information based on GAF6 – the 6th Global...
View ArticleFrom “women do fish” to “women do participate and lead”
Slowly over the last few decades, the number and type of organisations representing the interests of women in fisheries and aquaculture have begun to grow and diversify. Little is written about this...
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