MASIFUNDISE
Masifundise Development Trust is an independent, non-governmental organisation working with small scale and traditional fishing and coastal communities in the west and south coasts of the Western Cape, South Africa. Although in the last six months, our fieldwork has taken the organisation into the east coast in areas such as the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. The organisation is the only non-governmental organisation in South Africa working with fisher and coastal organisations in the region and has been engaged with policy development processes in this regard for the past eight years.
Masifundise
`Coast to Coast: South African Women in Fisheries’
Oatlands, Simonstown 8-10 April 2008
This project is funded with support from ICSF
We apologise for the former miss print of the sponsor's information.
South African Small-scale Fisheries Policy Discussion Papers:
“Policy proposal developed at the Masifundise Workshop, 12 March 2008"
Previous Discussion Papers
Defining the traditional small-scale fisheries sector in South Africa
Towards fishers' participation in the development of a new policy for the South African Small-Scale Fishery’
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2008 January - March Media Statements
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Workshop Programme
Women fishworkers and harvesters from fisher and coastal communities in South Africa need to be aware of their rights and develop and increase ability to articulate their concerns in the national policy process in order to ensure the development and implementation of a sustainable, gender just community based small scale fisheries policy.
Strategic Objectives
To promote networking and exchange amongst women fishworkers and harvesters in coastal communities in South Africa,
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To raise awareness about and valorise the central role played by women in fisheries and coastal resource use and management,
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To document some of the concerns facing women fishworkers and harvesters along the coast and to highlight the link between these concerns and communities’ rights to well being and sustainable livelihoods,
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To provide women fishworkers and harvesters with information about their rights and the current policy processes,
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To contribute towards the development of a methodology for integrating a gendered approach into the implementation and on-going monitoring of the new small scale fisheries policy in South Africa.