Women in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana - the unsung heroines

The short film ‘Women in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana - the unsung heroines’ talks about the contributions of women in the fisheries sector in Ghana. The film dwells into the workshops that were organised by Hub researchers and local partners in Ghana in 2021-2023. The workshops sought to empower the women to realise their human rights issues relating to their work as fish processors, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy to provide stability in their families. Some of the key achievements of the One Ocean Hub’s Ghana team are stated in the film.

In spite of the enormous contributions made by women in small-scale fisheries at the pre- and post-harvest sectors, women are normally excluded from the decision-making process, especially in matters concerning fisheries. The short film ‘Women in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana - the unsung heroines’ talks about the contributions of women in the fisheries sector in Ghana. The film dwells into the workshops that were organised by Hub researchers and local partners in Ghana in 2021-2023. The workshops empowered women in small-scale fisheries on the coast of the four coastal regions of Ghana (Western, Central, Greater Accra and Volta regions). The workshops sought to empower the women to realise their human rights issues relating to their work as fish processors, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy to provide stability in their families. This is meant to help them to participate in decision-making.

At the workshops, the women were also empowered to stand against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. The film also shows that at the workshops, pop-up law clinics were set up to let women voice out their legal challenges related to work in the fisheries sector and receive advise from legal experts on how to tackle these challenges.

Some of the key achievements of the One Ocean Hub’s Ghana team are stated in the film.
The Hub’s Ghana team wishes to acknowledge the ‘willingness of the women in the various coastal communities to avail themselves for the workshop and also contribute the experiences they have gathered in their work with the One Ocean Hub’.

We also acknowledge the following for the production:
1. Script Writer, voice over and Executive Producer: Richard Kwadwo Nyarko.
2. Camera Technicians: Usman Abdullah and Solomon Acquah
3. Video Editors: Usman Abdullah and David Asare
4. Drone Pilot: Usman Abdullah