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| 2002 activities The Asian Fisherfolk Conference: Cut Away the Net of Globalisation, Hat Yai, Thailand, 25-29 January 2002 The conference was a joint initiative of several organisations: the Federation of Fisherfolk of Thailand, the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), the Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (FSA), NGO-COD, the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Andaman Project, the Prince of Songkhla University and the Waliluk University - all from Thailand; PAMALAKAYA (the National Federation of Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines); the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and APWLD's WEN and RIW TFs. The conference was attended by 72 participants from 11 countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The conference participants discussed the situation in the small fisheries sector, both marine and inland, in the context of globalisation. The conference revealed that women play significant roles in the fisheries and the fishing communities. Their incomes and livelihoods are directly affected by the liberalisation of trade, privatisation and deregulation. In the situation where government's have failed to recognise and address women's issues in their policies, there is a need to start to organise womens’ movements within fishing communities and fisherfolk organizations. Also, the conference formed a follow-through committee to take forward issues of sustainable development and food security at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and World Food Summit five year review. Participants also took part in the rally against the Thai Malaysian pipeline in solidarity with the Thai Fishermen Federation. The conference proved to be a timely intervention as it focused international attention on this sector which has been adversely affected by the processes of neo-liberal economic globalisation and in particular, drawn attention to the need to recognise women’s roles and contributions within this sector. The conference also contributed to strengthening networks of fisherfolk and anti-globalisation groups. APWLD plans to follow through this initiative with a women’s fisher conference in 2003. Participation in the International League of People's Struggle International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) is a mass formation composed of 218 democratic and anti-imperialist mass organisations, committed to support and actively work for the unity and the struggle of the world’s peoples and working masses against imperialism and reaction. APWLD supports policy advocacy activities addressing the issues and concerns in the Asia Pacific region related to violence against women, globalisation, armed conflict, democratisation and fundamentalism in this movement. APWLD members also participate in the International Coordinating Committee of the ILPS to further support the people's movement against neo-liberal globalisation policies and ensure that women's concerns are represented and addressed adequately in this movement. APWLD’s members Ita Fadia Nadia (Indonesia) and Fatima Burnad (India) took part at the second meeting of the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC) in February 2002. |
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