Affiliations 

  • 1 International Potato Center (CIP), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Hanoi, Vietnam. n.kawarazuka@cgiar.org
  • 2 School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
  • 3 WorldFish, 10670, Penang, Malaysia
  • 4 , Penang, Malaysia
Ambio, 2017 Mar;46(2):201-213.
PMID: 27614765 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0814-5

Abstract

The demand for gender analysis is now increasingly orthodox in natural resource programming, including that for small-scale fisheries. Whilst the analysis of social-ecological resilience has made valuable contributions to integrating social dimensions into research and policy-making on natural resource management, it has so far demonstrated limited success in effectively integrating considerations of gender equity. This paper reviews the challenges in, and opportunities for, bringing a gender analysis together with social-ecological resilience analysis in the context of small-scale fisheries research in developing countries. We conclude that rather than searching for a single unifying framework for gender and resilience analysis, it will be more effective to pursue a plural solution in which closer engagement is fostered between analysis of gender and social-ecological resilience whilst preserving the strengths of each approach. This approach can make an important contribution to developing a better evidence base for small-scale fisheries management and policy.

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