This document contains guidelines for planners in inland and small water body fisheries on the type of information they need to ensure that gender issues are taken note of in fisheries planning. How to obtain this information is also indicated.
Draft guidelines on the subject were prepared by ALCOM in 1992 on the basis of a review of available materials and documented experiences, mainly in Eastern and Southern Africa. These guidelines were reviewed and refined at a workshop held in Zimbabwe in January 1993, which was attended by specialists from the SADC region, ALCOM staff and consultants. The guidelines contained in this book represent the consensus of participants at the workshop.
The guidelines will be useful in the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region, and elsewhere, for sectoral planning, project formulation, evaluation and monitoring concerning gender issues in fisheries. Comments and feedback are invited.
The document has been made possible by collaboration between ALCOM and a project funded by Japan: "Enhancement of the role of women in inland fisheries and aquaculture development" (GCP/RAF/273/JPN).
ALCOM (Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme) is a regional aquaculture and fisheries programme of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, it covers the member countries of SADC -- Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
ALCOM is funded by Sweden and Belgium. Its preparatory phase began in October 1986, and its first implementation phase in October 1990.
ALCOM Address:
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P.O. Box 3730, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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260 40 FAO ZW |
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263-4-724985 |
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263-4-736847 |
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