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Women in fisheries in Latin America
Type: Conference Paper
Latin American governments are not sufficiently aware of the problems of women in fisheries. Therefore, they have not invested sufficient human or financial resources to respond to the needs of women in fisheries. In cases ...
Women do fish: a case study on gender and the fishing industry in Sierra Leone
Type: Conference Paper
Sierra Leone is one of the few countries with comprehensive legislation on fisheries and a special Fisheries Division established under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The focus of the legislation and the government ...
On her own feet
Type: Book Chapter
Mrs Jessie Kaunde is proud to be one of the small, but growing, number of women who farm fish on their own. She recognised fish farming as an opportunity to provide herself with a better future back in 1999, when she heard ...
Working wives in Philippine coastal fisheries
Type: Conference Paper
The decision to work is ultimately a decision on how to spend time; the choice being based on a comparison of the gains derived from market opportunities and the benefits of staying at home. Once in the labor force, the ...
Women in fisheries activities of the Asian Fisheries Society - have they been able to make an impact?
Type: Conference Paper
The initiative of the Partnership for Development in Kampuchea (PADEK), in organizing a National Symposium on Women in Fisheries in Cambodia in 1994, received overwhelming support from the Government of Cambodia. This ...
Gender and fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Editorial: Focuses on the gender dimensions of fisheries which provide rich ground for perspectives on development policy and community based strategies for livelihoods, gender and social justice.
The role of gender in economic activities with special reference to women's participation and empowerment in rural Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Bangladesh is known as a predominantly male-dominated society with traditional and religious beliefs that restrict women’s mobility and participation in economic and social activities. This article is based on national ...
Women in the December 26 Tsunami: how have they coped; how can we help?
Type: Journal Article
Fishing communities around the Indian Ocean were severely affected by the December 2004 tsunamis. Programs for rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods need to address the pre-tsunami situation that was characterized by ...
An overview of the involvement of women in fisheries activities in Oceania
Type: Conference Paper
In the Pacific Islands, an estimation of 70 to 80% of the catch from inshore fisheries is used for subsistence purposes. It is uncertain what percentage of that is taken by women, although a recent study in Samoa found ...
Feckless and reckless or forbearing and resourceful? Looking behind the stereotypes of HIV and AIDS in "fishing communities"
Type: Journal Article
Over the last decade evidence has emerged suggesting that in many countries fisherfolk, as an occupational group, are at greater risk to HIV and AIDS than the general adult population. This high vulnerability has been ...