Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Gender in fisheries & aquaculture livelihoods

Fisheries and aquaculture contribute to food security and livelihoods of millions of people in Asia. Both women and men are engaged in fisheries and aquaculture. In the past ten years, many actors have worked on raising awareness on women’s contribution as well as promoting gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture. This study aims to consolidate the efforts to date to...
This document provides lessons learned (good and bad) from three years of the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (RFLP) field activities on mainstreaming gender across the six collaborating RFLP countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. 
This case study presents an independent consultant assessment of the gender impact of RFLP activities conducted in inshore coastal fisher communities in 9 municipalities and 2 cities of Zamboagna del Norte province, Mindanao Island in the Philippines. The report includes an overview of the context, details of the interventions, gives the results, implementation problems, and recommendations and key lessons learned...
The Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme strategy for mainstreaming gender under the programme is detailed for all phases of the programme. Achievements, key lessons learned, recommendations and an exit strategy are given.
A gender impact assessment of Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme field activities conducted in Nusa Tenggara Timur province of Indonesia and recommendations for improvement and going forward.
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