Action Plan for Gender Equality Promotion and Child Labour Elimination in the Fisheries Sector 2016-2020.

The general objective or goal of the action plan is “to improve gender equality and eliminate child labour in the fisheries sector”, which will contribute to the improvement of small-scale fisheries management with good governance and poverty reduction in the long run. To achieve the above goal, the following specific objectives were identified: build capacity at all levels on gender equality and child labour in the fisheries sector. promote gender roles’ economic empowerment through good practices of Community Fisheries management. prevent child labour and hazardous work in the fisheries sector. improve monitoring and evaluation mechanisms on gender equality and child labour addressing in the sector.
Those four objectives are interlinked to each others to produce the outcome on gender equality together with child labour elimination and will lead to the improvement of fisheries management with good governance and poverty reduction. There are four main strategies interlinked to each others to achieve the above goal and objectives as follows: Capacity building on gender equality and child labour elimination in the sector; Strategic action at the community level in addressing gender need by applying sustainable livelihood approach to improve small-scale fisher family livelihoods and income that will reduce poverty as a good practice on gender equity promotion and child labour elimination in the sector. It will contribute to family food security and increase family income with better performance of gender roles, both men and women will lead to economic development of the family, poverty alleviation and enable children to have enough time for a proper education; Intervention action linked with strategy 2; Strategic action to improve monitoring and evaluation system in the fisheries sector at community and national level (3.2).
The scope of the action plan on gender equality promotion and child labour elimination in the fisheries sector for 2016 to 2020 is covered all related sub-sectors in the fisheries sector with two main interlink dimensions as follows: Gender equality promotion: this five years’ action plan will emphasize on gender equity promotion through improving gender roles of adult, youth and children by applying good practices of strategic and practical gender needs with fishing families, fish farmers, fish processors and traders as well as members of Community Fisheries. This will lead to the improvement of family livelihoods and income, which will result in the promotion of gender equality and combating child labour in the fisheries related activities that will contribute to poverty reduction. Child Labour elimination: the intervention actions for elimination will cover three categories, as follows, in all related activities of in the fisheries subsectors: Prevention of children from unsuitable and hazardous work; - Withdrawal of children from the worst forms of child labour; and - Protections of children (aged 15 - 18 years old) from hazardous work and improve working conditions and skills by applying the occupational health and safety in the workplace both in-door and out-door training and practices (4.1).