Women play an important role in fisheries in the Indo-Chinese peninsula, but their contributions have not been adequately recognized. PADEK, recognizing the most important role of women in fisheries, organized a national workshop in Cambodia in 1994, and a regional Seminar on Women in Fisheries in 1996. The objectives of the seminar were to assess the situation of women in various sectors of fisheries in the region, identify the problems encountered and develop programmes to overcome the problems experienced by them.