GIZ staff and consultants got to know the SSF Guidelines better

When the Deutsche Gesellshaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) hosted a regional conference for their staff members, consultants and implementing partners of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture projects in Africa, FAO together with Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT) were invited to present what the SSF Guidelines contain and what it means to implement them.

Woman in Uganda carrying a basket of fish ©FAO/I. Kasamani

The just over 50 participants present got the change to deepen their understanding of the themes in the SSF Guidelines, with a focus on how people’s rights and opportunities to live and work under decent conditions matter a great deal to achieving sustainable small-scale fisheries.Ms. Rehama Baguma from Katosi gave concrete examples of how their members work hands on in line with the recommendations in the SSF Guidelines. For instance, Katosi strengthens women in small-scale fisheries to be entrepreneurs and leaders in their local communities and engage in local politics, district plans and more. They also help women acquire engineering skills to build water tanks, proper toilets and other facilities in their communities and fish landing sites.The conference, called the SEWOH Global Programme on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture 1st Regional Conference, placed focus on GIZ's work on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Uganda, Mauritania, Malawi, Madagascar and Zambia under the special initiative called One World – No Hunger.