I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E A K T E A
WOMEN IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE: LESSONS FROM THE PAST, CURRENT ACTIONS AND DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE
NOVEMBER 10-13, 2004 at HOTEL CONGRESO, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Galicia, SPAIN
Organised by
UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE, Centre de Droit et d'Économie de la Mer, Brest, FRANCE
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, Instituto de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, La Laguna, Tenerife, SPAIN
UNIVERSIDADE DA MADERA, Departamento das Ciências da Educaçao, Funchal, PORTUGAL
UNIVERSITY OF TROMSO, Department of Planning and Community Studies, Tromso, NORWAY
CONSELLERIA DE PESCA E ASUNTOS MARITIMOS, XUNTA DE GALICIA, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, SPAIN
With the financial support of
DG Fisheries, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
University of Western Brittany, Centre of Law and Economy of the Sea (UBO/CEDEM), Brest, France
Conselleria de pesca e asuntos maritimos, xunta de galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Scientific Committee:
Dr. Katia Frangoudes (social history), Pr. José Pascual (anthropologist), Pr. Christine Escallier (ethnologist), Pr. Siri Gerrard (anthropologist), Dr. Joan O'Doherty (rural economist), Cornelie Quist (rural sociologist), Pr. Antonio Allut (anthropologist), Dr. Gloria Cabrera Socorro (anthropologist), Dr. Begona Marugan Pintos (sociologist); Dr. Hélène Rey (economist), Prudencia Raposo Santasmarinas (responsible of training in fisheries)
Secretariat Séverine Julien
Université de Bretagne Occidentale CEDEM
12, rue de Kergoat CS 93834
29238 Brest cedex 3 France
Tel./fax : (+33) 2 98 01 73 09
e-mail : Severine.Julien@univ-brest.fr http://conference.fishwomen.org
The Context
All over the world women play and have always played an important role in fisheries and aquaculture within coastal communities: This role can be linked to the production, processing and selling. In family based enterprises women also have a key role in the management.
Women, however, face many challenges. Traditional activities, like net mending or repair, tend to disappear with industrial manufacturing. Small scale fishing and processing have to compete with large scale international co-operations and chains. In many countries women in fishery and aquaculture do not enjoy a professional status and their role is not recognised through remuneration or access to social benefits. It is a type of work that women do in addition to their responsibility to care for house, children, husbands and other relatives, in a sector where men often are away from home.
Women in fisheries and aquaculture have, however, started to raise their voices to gain recognition of their work but also to become active in public debates about fishing communities and livelihood, safety at sea, resource management, the development of the local industry and research. In many places they have started to organise themselves in autonomous organisations or with men within established fisheries bodies. Some of them want to share analysis and experiences by initiating international networking and by exchanging with scientists.
The international conference AKTEA is an opportunity to raise these and other themes and share experience at the international level. We hope to create a meeting place for fisherwomen and researchers from the South, East, West and North!
AKTEA, the newsletter of the programme “FEMMES”
Since 2003, AKTEA has functioned as the newsletter of the programme FEMMES, published in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The programme FEMMES is an initiative funded by the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme for Research to promote networking of women’s association in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Europe. Started in 2002, for a period of three years, the programme is animated by a group of social scientists and fisherwomen organisations.
The international conference AKTEA
The initiative of the international conference comes from the researchers of the programme
“FEMMES” and it is financially supported by DG Fisheries of the European Commission, the Centre for Law and Economy of the Sea (University of Western Brittany, Brest, France) and the Conselleria de Pesca of the Autonomous Government of Galicia, Spain. The conference is open to women and researchers from all parts of the world.
The conference AKTEA will be a unique opportunity for women in fisheries and aquaculture from all over the world to meet and exchange ideas, experiences and strategies. It will also be a meeting place between women and researchers from different disciplines working on women related issues. Researchers themselves will find in this conference a rare opportunity to expose and develop their work
To allow everyone an opportunity for expression, the conference will be organised in different types of events.
- Plenary sessions with oral presentations of fisherwomen’s experiences or researchers’ work.
Presentation will be of 15 minutes. 30 minutes will be reserved for discussion in each plenary session. Maximum 35 presentations will be accepted due to time and simultaneous translation constraints. Translation of presentations and discussions will be available in English, French and Spanish.
- Discussion Forum in smaller groups on invited subject. Any participant wishing to initiate a forum is welcome to contact the organisers so that space will be provided. Forum organisers should indicate the language or languages of the discussion. In case of multi- lingual forum, translation will be consecutive. The conference organisers will ensure the dissemination of information about the forum.
- Poster sessions : Specific space will be available for posters. Poster format should be 120 cm. height, 100 cm. wide. Posters can be prepared in conjunction with a specific forum. Oral presentation, not accepted, may be offered the opportunity to present a poster about the same subject.
Relevant themes for plenary sessions, discussion forums and poster sessions - Women and Globalisation
- Women’s Contribution to Fishery and Aquaculture in the South - Women and Commercialisation of Fishing Products
- Women and fish processing
- Legal recognition of women’s contribution - Women’s participation in the fish production - Safety at sea
- Crew working conditions
- Women’s ownership of the production means and fishing rights - Women and sustainable resource management
- Women’s contribution in aquaculture and shell fish culture - Women / tourism and the transformation of coastal communities - Women, territorialisation of the sea and marine protected areas - Feminist action in coastal communities
- Creating and animating an organisation - Voicing for public action
- Women within innovation
- Family strategies in fisheries and aquaculture - Equal opportunities
- Food security, food safety and new patterns of consumption
- Women, knowledge and culture heritage in fisheries and aquaculture
Registration and Accommodation
Registration, accommodation booking and payment can be done by fax or airmail. The registration form (form 1) must be filled in, typed or written in block letters, one form per person to register. Please note the discount rate for early registration.
The accommodation booking is possible through the secretariat of the conference to benefit of a discount rate. First applications for accommodation received will be given rooms in the conference hotel. When the conference hotel will be fully booked, new applicants will be
given a room in a hotel downtown. The conference hotel is located about 5 km from the historical center of Santiago.
If you wish to receive a cheaper or more expensive hotel, or if you wish to be on the centre of the town please contact the secretariat.
Registration fee includes :
- Participation to plenary / forum sessions - Pre-conference proceedings
- Coffee/tea breaks
- Lunches (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) - Conference dinner (Thursday evening) Field trip fee includes :
- Bus - Lunch - Visits
Abstract and final paper/poster submission
The organisation intends to publish Pre-proceedings in electronic and/or paper format before the conference, in order to promote the discussion in the plenary sessions and forums. Some or all of the contributions may be translated. For that reason is necessary to have the contributions of all the oral presenters well before the date of the Conference.
Deadline for abstract submission is June 15. Confirmation of acceptance will be given on July 15 and submission of final paper or poster is due for September 15 in electronic or paper format to be included in the pre-proceedings.
On-line registration and submission: http://conference.fishwomen.org
Abstract submission form AKTEA
NAME:
First Name Family Name
TITLE: Mr. Ms. Mrs. Dr. Prof.
Name of institution:
Country:
Mailing address: (select one) Office Home
Phone: Fax:
Email address:
I wish to contribute with :
An oral presentation
A theme for the animation of a discussion Forum
A poster
In all cases, you should send with this form an abstract of not more than 250 words describing the contribution you wish to have in the conference. This abstract should indicate :
- the type of contribution (oral presentation, forum theme or poster)
- the name(s) of contributor(s) for oral or poster presentation, or the organiser(s) for a forum
- the description of the contribution
- the affiliation of contributor(s) / organiser(s)
Abstract should preferably be submitted by electronic mail to : conference@fishwomen.org Or alternatively by fax : (+33) 2 98 01 73 09
Schedule for submissions:
Deadline for abstract submission : June 15, 2004 Confirmation of acceptance : July 15, 2004
Submission of final paper for oral presentation : September15, 2004 in electronic and paper format.
Financial assistance scheme:
Do you need financial assistance (please briefly indicate in separate sheet why you need to be
supported)? Yes: No:
Please indicate a discount ticket round trip airfare in euros between your nearest airport and Santiago de Compostela (Spain): euros
REGISTRATION AND ACCOMODATION FORM A K T E A C o n f e r e n c e
November 10-13, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Complete and return the original by fax to : +33 2 98 01 73 09, one form per participant
NAME:
First Name Family Name
TITLE: Mr. Ms. Mrs. Dr. Prof.
AFFILIATION: please write the name of your institution / organisation here:
MAILING ADDRESS: (Select one) Office: Home:
PHONE: FAX:
E-MAIL:
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS IF ANY: Mr. Ms.
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REGISTRATION FEE :
All payments must be made in euros
Early Registration before september 15
Registration after september 15
Total (euros)
Researchers 120 euros 140 euros
Fisherwomen/ Students 50 euros 70 euros
Visit (Wednesday 10) 15 euros 15 euros
Accompanying person: 3 lunches 60 euros 60 euros
Accompanying person: conference dinner 40 euros 40 euros
Accompanying person: visit 15 euros 15 euros
TOTAL 1 (euros)
HOTEL BOOKING (
rates valid before september 15)Room type Amount/night* Check-in (dd/mm)
Check-out (dd/mm)
Number of nights
TOTAL 2 (euros) Single 50 euros
Twin 60 euros
* including breackfast
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November 10-13, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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