This overview of the roles of women in southern Thai small-scale fshing villages is a conclusion of the Support Network for Women in Fisheries (SNWIF) project. This paper presents the primary state of knowledge of the roles of women in southern Thai small-scale fishing villages, an overlooked issue in Thai society. Its ultimate goals are a)to provide basic information to interested people in order to b)promote women’s roles in small-scale fishing community organizations and c) promote sustainability of the organizations.