FAO fully acknowledges the importance of addressing gender issues in development projects as a way to promote gender equity and improve fisheries livelihoods. Too often, there is insufficient attention paid to the gender issues that affect fishing communities. There is also a lack of tools and guidance on how gender issues in such communities can be addressed. For this reason, the FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia (RFLP) funded by Spain, has created this field guide to help practitioners incorporate a gender perspective into all phases of small-scale fisheries development projects.
