GENDER ISSUES IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE including the proceedings of the Workshop on Enhanced in Women's participation in Fisheries Development Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 4–7 December, 1990 SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Harare, Zimbabwe © FAO 1991 TABLE OF CONTENTS

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications (or such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome. Italy.

PREFACE

This document is the report on gender issues in fisheries and aquaculture which includes the proceedings of the Workshop on Enhanced Women's Participation in Fisheries Development held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe during the 4–7 December 1990.

The Workshop was a collaborative effort between ALCOM, the Fisheries Policy and Planning Division of the FAO Fisheries Department supported by the Core Group on Women in Fisheries, with contributions from FAO field projects in Africa.

The document should be regarded as a contribution to the. overall development of strategies for FAO to integrate gender issues and enhance the participation of women in fisheries and aquaculture development.

ALCOM (Aquaculture for Local Community Development) is executed by FAO and funded by Sweden (SIDA). It is an inter-regional programme, although focussing it's activities to the SADCC countries in southern Africa. The main objective of the Programme is to develop, test and demonstrate methods and techniques by which rural communities can improve their standards of living through aquaculture and to assist participating countries apply the results of methodology development.

Hyperlinks to non-FAO Internet sites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to non-FAO sites is to indicate further information available on related topics.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software. FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

I     GENDER ISSUES IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

Executive Summary

1.     Introduction

1.1     Background

1.2     What are gender issues?

1.3     Sustainability

2.     Institutional Framework: Critical Issues and Strategies

2.1     FAO Fisheries Department

2.2     FAO Member governments

2.3     Donors

3.     The Project Cycle: Critical Issues and Strategies

3.1     Project identification and formulation

3.2     Project implementation

3.3     Project monitoring and evaluation

4.     Fisheries Development : Critical Issues and Strategies

5.     Aquaculture Development : Critical Issues and Strategies

5.1     Access to and control over resources

5.2     Access to and control over benefits

6.     Follow-up Action

II    WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

APPENDICES :       l.     List of Participants

2.    Workshop Programme

3.    Synthesis Paper

4.    Summaries of Case Studies

5.    Institutional Framework

6.    Working Group Guidelines