Training Module: Fisherwomen Leading Digital Climate Stories

Overview
This module is a participatory and creative training programme that supports fisherwomen and coastal women in developing digital climate storytelling. It focuses on strengthening storytelling skills, building confidence and collective solidarity, and enhancing digital and ethical capacities. This module is for fisherwomen and women in coastal communities, including those working in fisheries, fish processing, small-scale businesses, and domestic roles. It is designed for participants with little or no prior experience in digital storytelling, and accommodates diverse educational backgrounds and levels of digital literacy. This module serves as a training toolkit to support women in creating and sharing their own digital stories based on everyday experiences of climate change. Through this process, participants are encouraged to highlight daily life, climate impacts, and local adaptation practices, while building connections, networks, and opportunities for digital advocacy.

What participants will learn?
Participants will:

  • Understand climate change impacts in their local environments
  • Explore how climate change affects women’s everyday lives
  • Build self-confidence and collective solidarity
  • Recognise themselves as knowledge-holders and community leaders
  • Learn ethical storytelling practices in digital spaces
  • Develop creative story ideas rooted in everyday experiences
  • Produce engaging short digital stories using smartphones
  • Share stories on social media to raise awareness and expand networks
  • Begin building online networks and understand how to reach different audiences

How does the module work?
This module is designed as a six-day, in-person training that combines:

  • Reflection and group discussions
  • Cross-community exchange among fisherwomen
  • Creative mapping
  • Storyboard development
  • Hands-on digital storytelling practice

 

The approach is participatory and creative, ensuring meaningful engagement and co-learning among participants.