World Aquaculture 2025 India

November 10 - 13, 2025

Hyderabad, India

Add To Calendar 13/11/2025 12:20:0013/11/2025 12:40:00Asia/KolkataWorld Aquaculture 2025, IndiaGENDER MONITORING SCHEMA FOR NbCS IN AQUACULTUREMR1.01The World Aquaculture Societyjohnc@was.orgfalseDD/MM/YYYYanrl65yqlzh3g1q0dme13067

GENDER MONITORING SCHEMA FOR NbCS IN AQUACULTURE

Nikita Gopal*

Principal Scientist & Head, EIS Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kerala, India

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Immediate Past Chair, Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society

*nikiajith@gmail.com

 



Nature Based Climate Solutions (NbCS) are being explored in various food systems including aquaculture. Projects implementing NbCS are looking at various technological and management solutions. These may have activities that are in variance to existing practices and may need capacities and skills. Monitoring such activities is crucial for successful implementation.  The gender monitoring schema proposed by the GeNA project (https://gena-project.ait.ac.th/) is a prototype process monitoring system to be used during the implementation of development projects in NbCS aquaculture to ensure that women and other marginalized groups benefit from the project. In this process, women’s roles in NbCS are  documented;  and  any  changes  in  gender  roles  and  gender  relations  as  a  result  of development projects is also recorded. The gender monitoring schema will consider strategies for  better  understanding  intersectional  gender  concerns  in context  and  for  meaningfully engaging marginalized groups to advance gender equality, fairness, and inclusion. It will also prompt  discussion  on  how  we  might  monitor  progress  towards  inclusion  and  equity throughout the project cycle in ways that are reflexive, ongoing, and empathetic to different actors’ needs.