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Development of fisheries in the region: the role of filipino women in fishing communities





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    Report of the Workshop on Gender Roles and Issues in Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa, Lome, Togo, 11-13 December 1996 1997
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    The workshop was conducted to draw attention to the state of knowledge related to gender roles and issues in the artisanal fisheries sector in the region covered by the IDAF programme. The documents presented at the meeting are summaries of indvidual reports published by the IDAF programme, which covered 5 complementary studies analyzing: 1) income generated by women in the Koko fishing community of Nigeria; 2) the organization of women and the factors that favour or impede the sustainability of their activities in 2 fishing villages in the Gambia; 3) the nutritional hygiene and sanitation conditions of women and children in the fishing communities of Joal in Senegal and Limbe in Cameroon; and, 4) the elements and mechanisms of the participation of women in the implementation of the integrated project of Aguegues in Benin. Abstracts of the documents presented at the meeting, which have not yet been published, are cited individually in this issue of ASFA.
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    Lessons learned from training artisanal fishermen in West Africa 1997
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    Development strategy during the 1960 and 1970s was based on the philosophy that developing countries lacked improved technology and capital for speeding up their development.' Industrialization was promoted in order to capitalize on the abundant fish resources. However, the anticipated expansion of the economy did not happen and the development approach shifted towards an integrated rural strategy where emphasis is put on the community as a whole to upgrade incomes and the quality of lif e through technical assistance and the active participation of fisher folk and the community.
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    Study on elements and mechanisms of participation in WNW-AFCOD and Tombo projects in Sierra Leone 1997
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    Development strategy during the 1960 and 1970s was based on the philosophy that developing countries lacked improved technology and capital for speeding up their development. Industrialization was promoted in order to capitalize on the abundant fish resources. However, the anticipated expansion of the economy did not happen and the development approach shifted towards an integrated rural strategy where emphasis is put on the community as a whole to up-. grade incomes and the quality of life through technical assistance and the active participation of fisher folk and the community.

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