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A repository of statements at all ICSF conferences and workshops, beginning 1984. ICSF actively participates in various multilateral conferences—ILO, CBD, FAO, UN-DOALOS among others—issuing statements on important topics. You will also find statements made by civil society organizations and fishworker organizations in several forums.

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.

Resources

Declaration

Workshop on “Small indigenous species of Indian freshwater fish: Their role in poverty alleviation, food security and conservation of biodiversity”

Statement made on Port State Control Measures for Implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007

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Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Adopt Port State Control Measures for Implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), 15-19 February, 2010, Geneva

Brussels Workshop Statement

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Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union and Small-Scale Fisheries: Paving the way to sustainable livelihoods and thriving fishing communities, September 28, 2009, Brussels, Belgium

The Lombok Statement

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ICSF Workshop on ‘Customary institutions in Indonesia: Do they have a role in fisheries and coastal area management’, 2-5 August, Lombok

Statement from Workshop on “Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area Implementation in India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?”

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Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area Implementation in India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?, 21-22 January 2009, Chennai, India

Taller Latino Americano De Pesca Artesanal

Consolidar Y Garantizar El Acceso Y Los Derecheos De Uso De La Pesca Artesanal: La vision de las comunidades costeras y dela pesca artisanal sobre las poliicas pesquera y acuicola,...

Latin American Workshop Statement

Asserting rights, Defining Responsibilities: Perspectives from artisanal fishing and coastal communities on fisheries and aquaculture policies, coastal management, access to markets and aquatic biodiversity conservation in Latin America, Chile, 4-8...

Zanzibar Statement on Rights-based Approach to Small-scale, Artisanal and Indigenous Fisheries

Asserting Rights, Defining Responsibilities: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities on Coastal and Fisheries Management in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Recommendations from the Conference on artisanal fisheries, protected areas and climate change

Conference on artisanal fisheries, protected areas and climate change, 31 August – 3 September 2010, Recife, Brazil

Declaration of the Masifundise Marine Protected Area Workshop

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Masifundise Marine Protected Area Workshop, Langebaan, SA

Declaration from social movements/NGOs/CSOs parallel forum to the World Food Summit on Food Security

Parallel Forum to the World Food Summit on Food Security, 13-17 November 2009

Statement made by WFFP, ICSF and IPC on Agenda Item 5: Trade at 28th Session of COFI

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28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), FAO, Rome

Statement made by WFFP, ICSF and IPC, on Implementation of the Code of Conduct

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28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), FAO, Rome