ICSF's IYAFA 2022 Asia Workshop: Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries

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ICSF is organizing four regional workshops and women’s exchanges in 2022 in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe in partnership with fishworker organizations. Its Asia Workshop, organized in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), Thailand, brought together participants from 11 countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam) in Bangkok from 5 to 8 May, 2022.

Many of these fishworker organizations, co-operatives, community organizations, including women’s solidarity groups, and NGOs contributed to the development of the SSF Guidelines between 2011 and 2014. The Workshop was an opportunity to take stock of how the SSF Guidelines are being implemented in Asia to eradicate poverty, ensure food security and nutrition, and promote the tenure rights and social development of small-scale fishing communities.

At the end of four days of discussions, including a day dedicated to a gender in fisheries exchange, the participants developed a Statement outlining their aspirations from the international year, and recommendations to Asian governments, private parties, civil society organizations, and the international community.

ICSF has launched a dedicated page for the Asia Workshop on its website, with all resources, photos, updates and the Workshop Statement in one place.