Training for Enumerator on Gender Concept

SEAFDEC under-supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted the Site Training for Enumerator on Gender Concept and Analysis and Development of a Data Collection Protocol on 25-27 August 2020 at Mauang District, Surat Thani Province, Thailand. The training aims to introduce the gender concept and gender in fisheries and aquaculture to the Department of Fisheries (DOF), Thailand officers and develop tools and plan to collect the data on Gender Dimension in the Value Chain of Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture in Southeast Asia for each project site. The participants of the training were three (3) women staff from SEAFDEC and 14 officers from DOF, Thailand with composing of six (6) women and eight (8) men. The three (3) days training sessions have introduced gender concept and analysis, and then followed by the formulation of the questionnaire to conduct gender analysis in small-scale aquaculture in Surat Thani and practicing on data collecting. The training was proceeding through active participation and sharing information from the DOF officers.