The substantial role of women in fisheries is overlooked in management and policy.
Fortunately, it is gaining recognition despite a lack of quantitative data describing the scale …

Makoko, a coastal fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria, aptly described as the" Venice of
Africa", is also known as the world's largest floating slum. Contributions of women fisherfolk …

The growing focus on the blue economy is accelerating industrial fishing in many parts of the
world. This intensification is affecting the livelihoods of small-scale fishers, processors, and …

In Indonesia, marine resources make an important contribution to rural local livelihoods for
both food security and cash income. Small scale fisheries typically involve men in catching …

The majority of studies in fisheries history have turned a blind eye on the role of women. This
is mainly a result of the roles that most societies have traditionally allocated to men and …

Oil and gas discoveries spurred expectations of economic growth and employment in
Ghana. The demand for labour is however limited within offshore petroleum extraction …

Despite women making up about half of the global fisheries workforce, it is believed that
women are much less involved in community-based fisheries management than men. There …

In Denmark, gender equality in academia has seen limited progress during the past 30
years. To improve our understanding of this persistent problem, this article examines gender …

This paper introduces the terminology of (mal) adaptation opportunism–a situation in which
projects undertaken in the name of climate change adaptation (CCA) are overrun by …

During the last decade, debates about the livelihood impacts of large‐scale biofuel projects
have focused mainly on either employment creation or on land dispossession. The …