Latin America: Gender matters
Women’s participation in small-scale fisheries management results in positive outcomes for both the local community and the social-ecological system
Despite women making up about 50 percent of the fisheries workforce worldwide, their contribution to the sector has long been under-estimated with implications for fisheries management and food security. This is because, in many countries, fisheries definitions are narrow and tend to focus on the production node of the value chain whereas women are mostly involved in fish processing and marketing. Gender-biased approaches in fisheries research have also contributed to mask the important role played by women in fisheries economies. In this context, this study sought to assess women’s participation in small-scale fisheries (SSF) management and the related socio-cultural, environmental, and economic impacts.
Title of publication: Yemaya ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
期号: 68
页数: 4-6
作者: Mouna Chambon
其他作家: Sara Miñarro, Santiago Alvarez Fernandez, Vincent Porcher, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Huran Tonalli Drouet and Patrizia Ziveri
组 织: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
其他组织: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, CIRAD, ICREA, Université libre de Bruxelles Belgium
年份: 2023
地理范围: 拉丁美洲及加勒比
类别: 通讯文章
内容语言: English