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Addressing gender inequities in the Fishing Sector

hermank256 — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:23:32 +0000

It has become clear that the challenges women face in fishing and fisheries needs to be
addressed at various levels. There’s a need to challenge unequal gender relations
within and outside the household, and within organisations. There’s also a need to seek
recognition for the paid and unpaid labour of women that goes towards sustaining
fisheries and fishing communities, and to ensure that women’s roles in the fisheries
sector don’t remain ‘invisible’. Women also need to have an increased right to
participate in decision-making processes with respect to fisheries planning and
management. WOFNET believes that addressing gender inequities by improving
women’s incomes and educational levels, as well as their access to information and
decision-making processes, will enhance women’s capabilities and ability to contribute
to fishing and fisheries with clear benefits on a number of levels for households, as well
as society in general.

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Addressing the main Problems faced by Women in the Fishing Sector

hermank256 — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:23:13 +0000

WOFNET has established that Women from fisher households are involved in fish
processing, aquaculture, small-scale fishing and fish selling, but less often in
commercial fishing. The main problems faced by fisher women are:
a) They’re confined to less visible roles. Although women are and have always
been present in the fishing industry, in most instances their participation is
neither socially acknowledged nor economically remunerated. This is primarily
due to the fact that the stages at which they become involved aren’t the most
visible ones, both within and outside the community.
b) Women often have no control over income earned from fisheries’ activities.
c) Women lack opportunities to hold managerial and decision-making posts. The
main obstacles appear to be a lack of confidence in their abilities to hold such
positions, as well as finding sufficient time to do so.
d) There are high numbers of male-either moving away from fishing grounds leaving
an increased workload for women, or moving into fishing grounds where they
compete with women for scarce resources. For example, if a fish project goes
well, there may be an influx of males which may limit the resulting benefits for
women.
WOFNET is working with Women in fishing communities to ensure that such obstacles
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Increasing the understanding of Gender Roles and Fisheries

hermank256 — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:23:00 +0000

Despite women’s significant role in fisheries, there’s a lack of attention to gender roles.
This has resulted in policies or programmes failing to improve livelihoods or reduce
vulnerability among fishing communities.
WOFNET believes that addressing the largely ‘invisible’ role of women in small-scale
fisheries will increase the chances that actions aimed at improving the livelihoods of
small-scale fishers and their families are successful. Fishing households often have
clearly defined gender roles and responsibilities. This results in different income
streams within households. Women who buy fish for processing and marketing may
have to compete with others to obtain fish, even from their male relatives. These
complex arrangements and gender relations need to be considered when planning
development interventions. Doing so can avoid women being further marginalized and
avoid creating an environment that makes the women more vulnerable. Rural women
play a critical but often undervalued role in fishing-reliant families and communities.
Their direct activities include collecting, processing, preparing and marketing of fish and
other marine resources. They also have an indirect influence through household
management in accounting for how many fish are supplied to the household. Women
also have the main responsibility for educating young children about food collection,
preparation and management. This extends to passing on their knowledge on resource
use and traditional management. While women may bear the brunt of the costs of
gender differences and inequality within society, the impact of this is felt widely. Women
are the main family caregivers, so negative impacts on them will result in persistent
poverty for all members of the society. WOFNET is working with different actors to
increase the understanding of Gender Roles and Fisheries.

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