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Looking back at 2013
In 2013, the Genderaquafish.org website continued to develop as a global source of information sharing and news. Compared to 2012, the number of visitors grew by 16%, to over 17,000 for the year. The...
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Chandrika Sharma
With deep concern we report that Dr Chandrika Sharma, the Executive Secretary of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, is one of the passengers on the Malaysian Airlines flight...
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GAF5 – 12-15 November, 2014 Lucknow, India
The 5th Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries symposium (GAF5) has started in Lucknow, India, as part of the 10th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (10IFAF) of the Asian Fisheries Society Indian...
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Visa information for GAF5 attendees
Other than Indian nationals, most people wanting to attend GAF5 (the 5th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries) will need to obtain an Indian visa. If you are planning to attend, then...
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Draft GAF5 Programme released!
The GAF5 Programme Sub-Committee, Chaired by Dr Nikita Gopal, has released the draft GAF5 Themes to help you prepare your abstracts, papers, posters, videos and workshops. Check out the themes on our...
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April issue of Yemaya now out
Yemaya, the gender and fisheries newsletter of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has recently released its April 2014 issue. This issue, Yemaya has a special focus on the...
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Dedicated extension scientist and team win Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team...
Dr. B. Shanthi, Principal Scientist (Home Science), and team, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai (India), recently won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)...
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Women lead team that wins Indian technology award
We are pleased to highlight this recent Indian technology award to a team of largely women professionals. Congratulations to Dr Leela Edwin, Dr Nikita Gopal and Dr Meenakumari and their colleagues!...
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Never too late to mainstream gender
Many agencies and projects find themselves in the same situation as the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem project (BOBLME), which realised that it had not taken gender into account in formulating...
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Yemaya August issue highlights Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines
The August 2014 issue of Yemaya, the newsletter on gender and fisheries of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) is full of interesting articles. It highlights the gender...
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Still a long way to go
The November 2014 edition of Samudra Report, the global periodical on fisheries issues published by the International in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), highlighted the 5th Global Symposium on Gender in...
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Efforts to ensure that gender is included in the new climate agreement
COP20, the UN climate conference is now underway in Lima, Peru (20th session of the Conference of the Parties and the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties...
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Asian Fisheries Science publishes Special Issue of GAF4 papers
Charting the progress on gender equality in aquaculture and fisheries, this Asian Fisheries Science journal Special Issue gives a reasonably upbeat assessment, despite the huge challenges, especially...
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Second Anniversary of Dr M.C. Nandeesha
On 27 December 2012, we lost Dr M.C. Nandeesha, who brought awareness to the importance of women in Asian and global fisheries, and who initiated the first substantive activities to address gender...
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The Long Journey to Equality
We see some greater commitment to gender equality in policies and by institutions, but the position of women in mainstream and traditional value chains is still eroding despite new technologies...
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GAF5 Photos available on our Flickr group
A set of GAF5 photos are now available on our Flickr group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/genderaquafish/ Check them out! They include group photos, presenters photos, people asking questions,...
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Latest ICSF Yemaya Newsletter Now Out
The latest issue of Yemaya, the newsletter on gender and fisheries put out three times a year by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, is full of interesting and thought-provoking...
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Women in aquaculture and fisheries at World Aquaculture 2015, Jeju, Korea
These reports on the Women in Aquaculture and Fishery Session at WA2015, held at the ICC Jeju, Korea, 27 May 2015, have been written by Jin Yeong Kim, Bibha Kumari and Jenny Cobcroft. Thanks also to...
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FAO report highlights gender imbalance in fish industry
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its GLOBEFISH unit on international fish trade, recently released a report – “The Role of Women in the Seafood Industry” –...
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Yemaya highlights how changes in fish trade affect the lives and labour of women
The July 2015 issue of Yemaya (from the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) highlights the experiences of women in fish trade and support industries. The editor, Nilanjana Biswas,...
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