Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)
Malawi, 2020 - 2021
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1.2.4 Can you please tell me what the current policies there are in relation to women in SSF that you implement? * (x1_2_4_can_you_please_tell_m)
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Fisheries policy; Support implementation of Fisheries Act to support communities especially empowering women involved in small scale fishery activities. - Build capacity of women groups to align with Fisheries policy | 1 |
10%
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| - Malawi Gender Policy support both women and men participation in fish management. Most fish structures in the District have ensured that at 40% to 60% in management of BVC or Cooperatives. - National Fisheries and Aquaculture policy (2016) promotes | 1 |
10%
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| - NFA Policy 2016 has some elements of Voluntary guidelines on SSF and women are supported through it. - Policy enforces social development and decent employment so that communities in SSF must be developed and empowered for independency as well as gen | 1 |
10%
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| - National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (2016 - 2021) - National Fisheries and Aquaculture Agenda - The documents provide information and direction on the involvement of women in the fisheries sector. They promote the role of women and how they a | 1 |
10%
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| - National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy of 2016, outlines priority areas which are in relation to SSF including Priority Area 4 in the Policy on Governance which advocates for rights Based approaches to co-management. - Another Policy Priority Are | 1 |
10%
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| - National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy promote capacity building, value addition, governance. - Women in fishing industry are targeted differently with the aim of developing their skills and ensure quality of their fish. - BVC committees ensu | 1 |
10%
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| - Structures in all landing sites enforces women representation, - BVC training manual by Government of Malawi includes Gender equality and promote women participation at all level of fishing activities. - Guide to Agricultural Production promote wo | 1 |
10%
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| - The policy and guidelines promote equal representation of women and men in all fishing groups, and not less than 40% of management members are women. - Most interventions done ensure that women are taking part in fishing, processing, handling, transp | 1 |
10%
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| - Fisheries policy, priority #3 focuses on women participation in value chain, and also improving handling facility. - The policy encourages ecosystem governance approach, participatory fisheries management like discouraging cultivation along river bank | 1 |
10%
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| Seven priority in fisheries and aquaculture policy but focuses on 3 priorities that supports women. - Priority #3 value addition and fish quality: this supports landing sites, processing site, fish processing facilities. Handling beaches. Marketing site | 1 |
10%
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