ICSF has made presentations to highlight the perspectives and concerns of small-scale fishworkers at various UN and Civil Society meetings. These are presented here. Material from such meetings has helped build awareness of developments at the both the international level of, say, UN forums, and among fishworker organizations
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.
Conference Name:XXIV World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1st to 7th October 2017 Date: 01-10-2017 Abstract: Ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets...
Conference Name:FAO-UNCTAD session at the WTO Public Forum 2017–Trade: Behind the Headlines, Geneva , 27 September 2017 Date: 27-09-2017 Abstract: FAO estimates that about 35–36 percent of total world fish...
Conference Name:FAO-UNCTAD session at the WTO Public Forum 2017–Trade: Behind the Headlines, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 September 2017 Date: 27-09-2017 Abstract:
Conference Name:Regional Consultation on Promotion of International Guidelines on Small Scale Fisheries and Fisherfolk’s Livelihoods & Rights Organized by East Coast Fish workers Union, India & World Forum of Fish...
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Conference Name:Meeting on Inland Fisheries, Kolkata 20 September 2016 Date: 20-09-2016 Abstract:
Conference Name:COFI Preparatory Meeting, 10 July 2016 Città dell’altra Economia, Roma Date: 10-07-2016 Abstract: International Conference of Fishworkers and their Supporters, Rome, 1984, after preparatory meetings in Africa, Asia and...
Conference Name:The public hearing on “The importance of fisheries for women in third countries” on 15 June 2016, Brussels Date: 15-06-2016 Abstract: The fisheries sector, particularly SSF, is the...
Conference Name:Regional Workshop on Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Mekong Region, April 30-May 1 2016, Sampran Riverside Hotel, Thailand Date: 01-05-2016 Abstract: The objectives of the SSF Guidelines are...
Conference Name:Regional Technical Consultation on Labour Aspects within the Fishing Industry, ASEAN Region, 25-27 February 2016, Bangkok, Thailand Date: 26-02-2016 Abstract: Enhancing Capacities of Fishing Communities: ICSF-BOBLME Sub-regional Dialogue on...