Abstract:

Dedicated fisheries and aquaculture institutions such as departments of state and of universities, and specialist research institutions play critical roles in key sectoral matters such as fisheries management and fish health. They pay little attention, however, to seemingly less urgent issues such as gender equality and equity. The present paper examines how, despite headwinds, existing and new institutions such as networks have launched a variety of gender activities. The institutions’ work can be grouped into four categories: diagnostic exercises leading to action, human capacity development including network formation, development projects, and embedded gender policies and programs. The gender networks, mainly comprised of committed volunteers, have tended to substitute for in-house full time experts and thus the progress on addressing gender issues is fragile and measured in decades. In the fish sector, an activist campaign is needed now to generate urgency and more action on gender. The campaign, addressed to sectoral leaders and workers, must be based on a compelling case for gender equality, with measureable impacts in social and economic terms.

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Date 2016/11/10

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