Abstract

Within the region (and globally) there is a persistent data and knowledge gap on gender in fisheries despite the exist-ence in some countries of national gender action plans (draft or implemented); national fisheries policies (draft or implemented); and the inclusion of gender equality and equity as a guiding principle in the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Secur-ing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries, that all attempt to mainstream gender in fisheries social-ecological systems (SES). A number of socio-economic assessments have been implemented at coastal and fisheries management sites and communities throughout the Caribbean as components of Global Socio-economic Monitoring Initiative for Coastal Management (SocMon) projects implemented by the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, at The University of the West Indies. While these assessments have not deliberately investigated gender aspects of fisheries, sufficient sex-disaggregated socio-economic data on small-scale commercial and subsistence fisheries have been collected to warrant ex-ploratory gender analysis. This poster aims to provide gender insight from selected SocMon fisheries-related assessments and it complements applied interdisciplinary research and outreach being conducted by the Gender in Fisheries Team (GIFT) and led by UWI-CERMES to better understand and assist with policy and practice concerning gender in Caribbean small-scale fisheries.

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