Towards gender inclusivity and equality in small-scale fisheries
Harper, Sarah, and Kleiber, Danika (2023) Towards gender inclusivity and equality in small-scale fisheries. Report Section. FAO, Duke University & WorldFish, Rome, FAO; Durham, USA, Duke University; Penang, Malaysia, WorldFish..
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Abstract
The Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) study illustrates that gender-disaggregated fisheries data are still rare, especially in official national-level fisheries statistics. Gender disaggregation should be the minimum requirement for all monitoring and research that informs fisheries policies and programmes. Gender-blind data or biased data collection methodologies overlook women in fisheries, obscuring the full contributions of small-scale fisheries towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and towards achieving gender-inclusive fisheries policies and practices, as called for by the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines).