REPORTS
Networks Meeting group. Photo: Dr Nai-Hsien Chao
- 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)
PUBLICATIONS
Selected papers from GAF2 presenters, plus other front materials and an additional paper were published in the June 2008 issue of the journal Development, as follows:
DEVELOPMENT Volume 51, Issue 2 (June 2008) – Gender and Fisheries
TABLE OF CONTENTS (EXTRACT ONLY)
Editorial: Whatever Happened to Women, Environment and Development? (FREE) Wendy Harcourt
Proposes the need for a new political ecology from a feminist perspective. Development 51: 173-175; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.23, Link
Guest Editorial: Gender and Fisheries. Poh Sze Choo, Barbara S Nowak, Kyoko Kusakabe and Meryl J Williams
Introduces the topic of gender and fisheries as a key development issue. Development 51: 176-179; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.1, Link
Why Look at Fisheries through a Gender Lens? Meryl J. Williams
Underlines the links between gender analysis and fisheries. Development 51: 180-185; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.2, Link
THEMATIC SECTION: GENDER RELATIONS IN FISHERIES AND DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Degradation and its Gendered Impact on Coastal Livelihoods Options among Btsisi’ Households of Peninsular Malaysia. Barbara S. Nowak
Explores the diversity in livelihood activities which operated as a community-based resource management. Development 51: 186-192; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.3, Link
Globalization and Women in Coastal Communities in Tanzania. Marilyn Porter, Rosemarie Mwaipopo, Richard Faustine and Max Mzuma
Shows how women in coastal communities suffer disproportionately from processes of interactive restructuring. Development 51: 193-198; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.4, Link
Social Impact and Women Empowerment through Mussel Farming in Kerala, India. Vasanth Kripa and Vazhoor Gopalan Surendranathan
Argues that training alone is not sufficient to motivate villagers to adopt new fishing technologies. Development 51: 199-204; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.5, Link
From the Lake to the Plate: Assessing gender vulnerabilities throughout the fisheries chain. Charlotte Tindall and Katrien Holvoet
Describes the implications of gender relations in the fisheries chain. Development 51: 205-211; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.6, Link
LOCAL GLOBAL/ENCOUNTERS: LESSONS FROM COASTAL AND ISLAND COMMUNITIES
Ethnic Women in Aquaculture in Nepal. Ram C Bhujel, Madhav K Shrestha, Jharendu Pant and Sukanya Buranrom
Examines traditional ethnic fishing community and food security in Nepal. Development 51: 259-264; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.11, Link
Women in Artisanal Fisheries in Brittany, France. Katia Frangoudes and Enora Keromnes
Illustrates how French fishers’ wives play an important role within fisheries. Development 51: 265-270; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.20, Link
Gender Issues in Aquaculture: Learning lessons from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Ravula Padmaja and Ma Cynthia Serquina Bantilan
Draws lessons from gender-based social analysis at ICRISAT with a particular focus on agriculture. Development 51: 271-277; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.21, Link
Resources on Gender and Fisheries. Poh Sze Choo, Kyoko Kusakabe, Barbara S Nowak and Meryl J Williams
Gives specific references to the latest web and printed material on gender and fisheries. Development 51: 292-294; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.14, Link
BOOK SHELF
Reviews books on fisheries, environment and development. Compiled by Sonja Cappello. Development 51: 295-298; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.12, Link