by Declan McGrath | Jun 26, 2020 | Features
Women in small-scale fisheries will play a key role in implementing the new EU Fisheries Control system – why is nobody asking them what they think? By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The new Fisheries Control Regulation currently before the European Parliament’s PECH Committee...
by Declan McGrath | May 6, 2020 | Features
“The studies must be flawed”, they said. “Why are they not seeing all the women in fisheries?” By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The end of February saw the relaunch of the AKTEA European Network of Women in Fisheries during a three day event in...
by Lia ní Aodha | Apr 7, 2020 | International, News
Why do we need a gender lens to deal with COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? Because at this point of the pandemic, though we can’t fully depict what the consequences will be on both genders, we can ascertain that the coronavirus outbreak will...
by Lia ní Aodha | Mar 8, 2020 | International
For decades the fishing community has deployed tremendous energy to alert and fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) – an issue which costs between 10 to 20 billion dollars and is constantly present in fisheries discussions, conferences and...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jan 29, 2020 | International
As we are entering 2020, a decade remains before reaching the United Nations Development Goals. The international Organisation for women in the seafood industry (WSI) calls for a massive movement in favour of gender equality and women empowerment (SDG5) in the seafood...
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