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Editor's note
This 40th edition of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin has 15 original articles from the Pacific region, Nigeria and Timor-Leste. It is inspiring to see so much work going on in the gender and fisheries and aquaculture space, and not just in the Pacific. We are grateful to our authors for publishing their work so that others may learn and benefit.
In this edition, the Vanuatu Fisheries Department hosted its first Women in Fisheries Forum to provide a platform for ni-Vanuatu women in fisheries to share their concerns, success stories, challenges faced, and opportunities for the future. The Fiji Ministry of Fisheries describe an example of a fishers’ cooperative in Fiji and how groups of fisherwomen and fishermen are working together. The Kiribati’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development is supporting the creation of women associations dedicated to fisheries management and community development. We have articles on fisheries value chains, an octopus fishery, food safety training, and social responsibility assessments of the tuna industry. Ayodele Oloko writes on the plight of female fish traders in fish-for-sex transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa, which ties well topically to a workshop the Pacific Community hosted on gender-based violence in fisheries in the Pacific. Finally, the Kiwa Initiative has developed three Pacific-centric tools to support nature-based solutions practitioners which includes fisheries – an introductory booklet to human rights, a guide to conducting a human rights risk assessment, and a guide to gender equity, disability and social inclusion analysis.
We welcome several new lead authors to the bulletin who shared their work – Shania Chand, Jenny House, Pretika Kumar, Vasemaca Malverus, Mark Nicholson, Rusila Savou, Tarateiti Uriam Timiti and Lyn Vaike. Keep those stories coming. “Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action …” – Peter Senge
Sangeeta Mangubhai
Contents
Caroline E. Ferguson Irlanda, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Elisabeta Waqa, Hugh Govan, Arundhati Jagadish, Sarah E. Lester, Morena Mills, Margaret Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, Alifereti Tawake and Tanya O’Garra (pdf: 405 KB)
Pretika Kumar, Diana Divalotu and Frank Jeremia (pdf: 323 KB)
Ayodele Oloko, Louise Teh, Sarah Harper, Kafayat Fakoya and Isa Olalekan Elegbede (pdf: 233 KB)
Rusila Savou, Epeli Loganimoce and Jokim Kitolelei (pdf: 461 KB)
Adi Alani Tuivucilevu (pdf: 356 KB)
Jenny House, Danika Kleiber, Dirk J. Steenbergen and Natasha Stacey (pdf: 518 KB)
Tarateiti Uriam Timiti (pdf: 433 KB)
Mark Nicholson and Aline Mary Berry (pdf: 569 KB)
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Jyanti Singh, Juno Fitzpatrick, Emilie Carroll, Nahla Achi, Thomas Auger, Mere Lakeba, Vilisoni Tarabe, Sangeeta Mangubhai and Shaunalee Katafono (pdf: 603 KB)
Vasemaca Malverus, Pita Neihapi, Aurélie Delisle, Anne-Maree Schwarz, June Brian Molitaviti, Hellentos Tosusu, Yannick Kalpukai, Georgina Kalsing and Clara Obregón (pdf: 336 KB)
Cherie Whippy Morris, Tereere Tioti, Shirleen Bala and Lore Croker (pdf: 360 KB)
Salanieta Kitolelei, Elisabeta Waqa, Kanae Tokunaga, Katherine Maltby, Katherine Mills and Sangeeta Mangubhai (pdf: 336 KB)
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