Mangubhai, Sangeeta and Lawless, Sarah and Cowley, Anna and Mangubhai, Jayshree P. and Williams, Meryl J. (2022) Progressing gender equality in fisheries by building strategic partnerships with development organisations. World Development, 158. ISSN 0305-750X
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Gender equality, a universal agreed principle and value, has been adopted widely but implemented to varying levels in different sectors. Our study was designed to contrast how gender development (hereafter 'development') and fisheries sectors view and invest in gender, and then explore opportunities to strengthen collaborative relationships and networks between the two, with the aim of improving capacity for gender inclusion in practice in fisheries. We conducted key informant interviews with fisheries (n = 68) and development (n = 32) practitioners (including managers) in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu between 2018 and 2019. We found three points of divergence between fisheries and development practitioners and/or their organisations when it comes to the inclusion of gender into their work: (1) fundamental differences in organisational motivations for working on gender – (i.e., fisheries organisations viewed gender equality as a means to achieve fisheries objectives (instrumental), while development organisations viewed it as a core value or principle (inherent); (2) fisheries practitioners had comparatively little to no access to qualified gender focal points and training, and limited networks with gender experts; and (3) differences in what each considered successful versus failed approaches to gender integration.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Gender, Equality, Capacity Building, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fisheries Development, Fishworker Organization, Access Rights, Training |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2022 06:02 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2022 06:02 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/17022 |
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