Get an annotated online bibliography on small-scale fisheries and fishing communities. Resources are classified under eight themes: Right to Resources, Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Disasters and Climate Change, Decent Work, Fisheries Trade, Aquaculture, Biodiversity and SSF Guidelines
Women engage in a wide range of activities in fisheries, including paid and unpaid work and liaison with institutions. In several countries, women dominate inland fishing and aquaculture. Their play multiple roles – in seafood processing plants, as caregivers in the family, as the builders of social networks and community.
Gender issues focus not on women only but on their relationship with men, on their roles, rights and responsibilities. They acknowledge that these vary within and between cultures as well as by class, race, ethnicity, age and marital status.
The 2014 SSF Guidelines are based on the principle of gender equality and equity. They integrate gender issues into all small-scale fisheries development strategies.
The report documents the efforts taken by the Thai Government, public, businesses and civil society in responding to the disaster. Unlike the other affected countries, Thailand did not formally appeal...
This excel sheet provides information on government orders with regard to relief and rehabilitation for housing, livelihood, etc.
This report was prepared by a joint team of the Badan Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksi (BRR) and the international community, led by The World Bank, ADB, Red Cross/Red Crescent and UNDP...
Two weeks after the tsunami claimed many lives and destroyed several coastal villages in different parts of Asia, one Dubai-based filmmaker went to Sri Lanka looking for a tale of...
The report focuses on five broad themes: shelter and internally displaced people; universal access to quality health and education opportunities; rehabilitation of livelihoods; the reconstruction of essential infrastructure; and environmental...
This report aims at providing an objective joint assessment of post-tsunami relief, recovery and reconstruction interventions and the way forward. During October 2005, more than 100 experts and practitioners from...
The tsunami of December 2004 had its greatest impacts on rural coastal communities, many of which were already poor, vulnerable and with few livelihood options. With a high dependency on...
A report on the action by the government as well as by UN agencies during the relief phase, the UN recovery framework and working towards rehabilitation
This report from the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery documents the status of the recovery effort at 12 months. Given the scale of the disaster, the recovery process is...
This book is about how ILO has been working with local authorities and other international organisations in four countries, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand to help thousands of people...