Nigerian women in fishing sector remain a potent force in the economic growth of fishing communities.
The basic objective of involving women in fisheries Development is to make them equal partners to men.
That will enable them to participate productively and self-reliantly to improve their family’s nutritional
and living standards....
New socio-economic role models for women in fisheries and aquaculture Stella Williams and Cornelia E.
Nauen The global scale of aquatic ecosystem degradation raises the question on how women in fisheries
and aquaculture can reverse their resulting loss of social status and income by becoming major actors in
the transition...
Mainstreaming aims at incorporating gender concerns as an integral element in the implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes so that benefits are shared equally and inequality
isn’t perpetuated. UNDP (2008) opined that investing in women competencies and empowering them to
exercise their choice is the surest way to...
“Gender equality thinking should not focus just on the numbers of women and men in fish
supply chains”, said Gifty Anane-Taabeah (Ghana), the final panelist on Overcoming Gender
Equalities in Fish Supply Chains. The panel and two presentation sessions (Markets and Value
Chains for Small Aquaculture Enterprises and Looking at...