![]() ![]() Case studies on reef gleaning were carried out in important gleaning sites in the Philippines show that women’s contribution to the family economy may be small but their contribution to the family’s nutrient security is significant. The vital role of women in providing food and nutrition for marginalised coastal communities in the Philippines is clearly demonstrated through their chronic gleaning on shallow reef flats. The lack of quantification of women’s fishing effort and output underestimates their contribution to fisheries, making them ‘invisible’ in the management of small-scale fisheries and marine resources. Women are known to participate in many small-scale fisheries throughout the Philippines and in the Asia-Pacific region, but quantification of this participation is rare. ![]() ![]() Gender equity in fisheries has long been a prevailing issue in Southeast Asia and small Pacific Island countries where the role of women in artisanal fisheries is often undervalued or overlooked. ![]()
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