Tales you should know
The GeNA project - “Making nature-based climate solutions in Southeast Asia monitoring more gender responsive Southeast Asia: What gets measured gets done” - supported by IDRC’s AQUADAPT program, officially began in September 2023. Upon seeing the call for proposal, the ExeComm team members of Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries Society started discussing what is needed for gender mainstreaming 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.
This special issue of ICSF’s Yemaya features articles drawn from the presentations and discussions at the webinar, ‘Women Work in Fisheries, Too!’, held on 29 November 2021.
The recently completed project, USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans: 2015-2020) had human welfare and gender (HWGE) in fisheries as one of its workstreams, along with technology development for an electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability system (eCDT), Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM), Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Regional Collaboration.