Gender in Fisheries: A Sea of Opportunities: Understanding the case for gender and sustainable fisheries planning and management.
A growing body of research centers on how women are involved in wild-caught fisheries worldwide, and the critical roles that fisheries play in women’s economic empowerment. USAID and IUCN cataloged this research in a report released in 2019, Advancing Gender in the Environment: Gender in Fisheries – A Sea of Opportunities. In developing this report, USAID and IUCN staff identified a gap in the existing research around women’s empowerment, access to financial services, and the sustainability of fisheries management. While women’s empowerment and access to finance are featured in wild-caught fisheries programming, it is not well understood whether these approaches contribute to sustainable fisheries outcomes.
The Learning Initiative is designed to investigate two hypotheses
- Empowering women through access to finance and other capacity building interventions results in stronger fisheries management outcomes than programs lacking these elements.
- Engaging women as key stakeholders in fisheries management and improving access to financial tools provides meaningful pathways for women’s empowerment.
Organization: IUCN
Other organizations: USAID
Year: 2021
Type: E-learning
Full text available at: https://genderandenvironment.org/agent-fisheries/
Content language: English