Giving voice to European fisherwomen: A Recently-held public hearing in Europe demonstrated that women in fisheries are fast gaining public visibility and may soon play an important institutional role in crafting their own future

Frangoudes, Katia (2011) Giving voice to European fisherwomen: A Recently-held public hearing in Europe demonstrated that women in fisheries are fast gaining public visibility and may soon play an important institutional role in crafting their own future. Yemaya (36). pp. 4-5. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

The Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament organized a public hearing on ‘Women and the sustainable development of fi sheries areas’ on 01 December 2010. The public hearing was initiated by Josefa Andrés Barea, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), who is responsible for gender mainstreaming on this committee. European women’s organizations were invited to speak about their work, their problems and perspectives. The AKTEA network and some of its members participate in this event. The European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, also participated in the hearing

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM317
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, European Union (EU), Women, Public Hearing, Sustainable Development, Policy, Fishworkers Organisation, Fish Processing, Projects, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:50
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 05:45
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/708

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