What’s New, Webby?

Recasting the Net

The new sub-site of ICSF provides information on the upcoming workshop titled “Recasting the net: Defining a gender agenda for sustaining life and livelihood in fishing communitiesthe Chennai workshopto be held from 7-10 July, in Chennai, India. http://wifworkshop.icsf.net

The website, in three languages English, French and Spanishdetails the objectives and rationale of the workshop. It also provides complete reports of regional/ national/ sub-national workshops and consultations held in the Philippines, South Africa, India, Thailand, Canada, Brazil and Europe, in preparation for the Chennai workshop. The various background studies undertaken are also made available online, under documents. Also available are the latest issues of Yemaya brought out specifically in preparation for the Chennai workshop. Watch out also for updatesthe proceedings as well as the photographs from the workshop.

For those of you new to the Women in Fisheries website of ICSF, check out the bibliography sectionit provides a vast range of references classified under different themes (wif.icsf.net).